Here's a thought: Could we put one of these at the L1 point of the Earth-Sun sys...

		yaks_hairbrush on March 6, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA proposes a magnetic shield to protect Mars' a... Here's a thought: Could we put one of these at the L1 point of the Earth-Sun system to protect against solar storms? If something like the Carrington Event happened to our current society, it would be absolutely devastating. Bonus: Could we make it big enough to encompass the moon?

Would doing this reduce or eliminate northern lights? That would be a little sad.