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OftenBen  ·  3250 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Musk Level ideas

    Probably would be ok for the most part, but then there would be radioactive trash like prius batteries that would cause awesome/hilarious/interesting things to happen.

Do you think we'd be able to move enough mass/energy around to actually mess with anything the sun does? Most stuff would be vaporized well before it got anywhere near the actual 'surface' of the sun.





randomuser  ·  3249 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's a great question. Do we have enough toxic/radioactive garbage to create a catastrophe by launching it into the sun?

OftenBen  ·  3244 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think that won't be a problem until we start making meaningful amounts of antimatter.

randomuser  ·  3243 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Or something cost effective that could launch that much garbage into space lol.

OftenBen  ·  3242 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Do you think we could move enough tonnage to make a difference, even if it wasn't cost-prohibitive?

randomuser  ·  3242 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think the technology is out there for sure, but basically some scientist would have to build a trash barge rocket made of trash metal. If you're question is whether we could do it all at once, probably not. We are a wasteful people.