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originally posted by: lamplighters
Hello, this is a serious metaphorical question
Lets imagine you were above the sun, with enough water, could you put it out?
How much water would be needed
What would happen, would the sun just dissapear or evaporate
Please dont attack me of course im not really thinking of doing it, but out of the box thinking like this brings new ideas to go forward.
originally posted by: ketsuko
I suppose you could build a giant shield that would rotate between the earth and the sun creating something like a permanent eclipse ... that would effectively put out the sun, too.
I had an old sci-fi book where aliens did that to the earth.
originally posted by: swanne
originally posted by: deadeyedick
but you said atmosphere has no weight
Huh? No, I said it has weight! Atmosphere has pressure, thus it has weight. Otherwise it would just fly off and disperse into space.
originally posted by: deadeyedick
it seems that a space station with artificial gravity would not need walls to hold the oxy in?
originally posted by: deadeyedick
originally posted by: swanne
originally posted by: deadeyedick
but you said atmosphere has no weight
Huh? No, I said it has weight! Atmosphere has pressure, thus it has weight. Otherwise it would just fly off and disperse into space.
I see now that you did. srry I read wrong but now it seems that a space station with artificial gravity would not need walls to hold the oxy in?