How much fuel would lifting 10 million tons of dust into high orbit require? Probably more than we have the ability to access.
Sounds magical to me!
Sounds magical to me!
A million tons a year to orbit (10,000 launches) equates to 600 billion cubic feet of methane, or about 2% of total US annual production.
But the actual plan would involve manufacturing the “mirrors” from moondust and propelling them to L1 using railguns powered by lunar solar panels. So you don’t need nearly so much methane.