[ExI] A Geophysics problem

[Anders Sandberg]

On 2015-09-30 16:29, BillK wrote:
> Do you need to allow for the orbital speed of the earth (30 km/s) 
> ploughing through the solar wind?
Nope, since the solar wind is about 10 times larger it will dominate the 
calculation.

> Isn't LEO up to GSO within the magnetosphere? So the solar wind effect 
> will be reduced before it hits Keith's hydrogen?

Most of the solar wind is neutral hydrogen unaffected by the magnetosphere.

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Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University