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Making a Magnetosphere for Mars

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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Solar Wind and Solar Power - How Much Energy Needed to Restore the Magnetic Field?

Solar wind being deflected by a planet when it's moving so fast, requires a lot of deflection. A giant space array of solar panels at the l one can help with that. The amount of energy needed to be stored in this electromagnet is in the range of ten to the seventeenth jewels for mars. And i have seen calculations as low as what we would get out of a fairly large nuclear power plant or hydro electric dam - but still tiny compared an industrial nation uses for electricity in a year.

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