• Jaytreeman@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I heard about it on one of Isaac Arthur’s videos. I can’t remember which one, but the analogy he used was that earth’s magnetosphere is essentially a big motor created by earth’s metal core spinning. (Oversimplified) So you should be able to build a motor that would shield a station

    • R0cket_M00se@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Sure, and theoretically we could do a lot of shit. Isaac Arthur isnt a scientist he’s a edutainment YouTuber.

      Creating our own magnetosphere is a little more complex or we’d have already done it, plus what happens if it fails? Where’s your backup? You just gonna die when it shuts down?

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        1 year ago

        Creating our own magnetosphere is a little more complex or we’d have already done it

        There hasn’t been a need for it until now, thats like expecting people to invent parachutes before aircraft