Comment Re:Why would increasing the albedo... (Score 3, Informative) 153
Increasing the albedo makes the photons bounce back, which requires a bigger change in momentum than just stopping them.
The likelihood of the Earth being hit by an impactor that's large enough to wipe out humanity is 1 in 1
No, because there's a good chance humanity will be gone before that big impactor hits the earth.
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