December 2014
Terraforming Mars: from CFCs to Total Recall
... one might conceivably be able to block the solar wind by constructing a planet-sized shield at the L1 Lagrange point. (The Lagrange points are points of neutral gravitational stability. L1 is located between the planet and the Sun.) Mars also lacks...
July 2019
Settling the final frontier
... as vast complexes in space, positioned at gravitationally stable Lagrange points surrounding the Earth and Moon, with populations in the ... giant cylinders positioned at the Earth-Moon Lagrange points. The cylinders would be constructed out of...
February 2021
On the nature of spacepower
...corridors of movement and commerce”. Other ‘strategic narrows’ include the geostationary belt and the Earth-Moon Lagrange Points. Just as Mahan recommended the placement of naval bases at strategic locations in the ocean, Dolman suggests that a state...
June 2022
Sunshades in space could help alleviate Earth’s climate crisis
...’s Solar Cruiser mission, planned for 2025, will demonstrate solar sail propulsion by flying sunward of Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L-1) and maintaining its position along the Sun-Earth-line using only reflected light for propulsion...
06 November 2020
The Moon could have a long-lost "twin" in orbit around Mars
... and Neptune within gravitational “safe havens” known as Lagrange points. Scientists think that the Trojans may have attached themselves...Solar System. Whats more, all of the Trojans in a Lagrange 5 (L5) orbit around Mars have the same ancestry and ...
July 2020
Are we entering a post-Overview Effect era?
... movement. Jeff Bezos has announced his intention to realise Gerard K O’Neill’s vision of large space settlements located at Lagrange Point L5. This quest for the ‘meaning’ of spaceflight reached a peak with the famous Earthrise photo that was...
