[Global Change: 363] Re: NY Times: geoengineering to combat global warming

The route from asteroid belt to L1 need not be straight and only
affected by the sun's gravity. I image at least a couple of planet fly
bys' before it could be put in some chaotic orbit that would eventually
lead to slowly approaching the L1 point. If we plan to flatten the
asteroid, I expect we could cut small bits off and catapult them
rapidly away in carefully planned directions at strategic moments.

What weight would you need to tether together a series of satellites
and have sufficient power from PV cells to provide the power to control
the system?

I am certainly not an expert at orbital mechanics and it might not be
remotely plausible.


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