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2001-3b: Anti VenuForming Terra
by Robert Kennedy, PE, presented to the 27th Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop in Pacific Grove, California on 25 April 2001, with revisions and extensions to date.
2001-3c: Mirrors & Smoke
by Robert Kennedy, PE and Ken Roy, PE, as printed in the Summer 2001 issue of The Whole Earth Review. For revisions and extensions, see Anti VenuForming Terra above.
2001-3e: Mirrors & Smoke, and Other Shady Schemes
by Robert Kennedy, PE and Ken Roy, PE, a compendium of recent slide presentations at:
California Polytechnic State University, Pomona (02Nov2001),
Stanford University (14Nov2001), and
to the Friends of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (21Nov2001).
1. Hayden, Thomas, “Curtain Call” in Astronomy Magazine, edited by Bonnie Bilyeu Gordon, January 2000, pp. 45-49.
2. Krause, Helmut G. L., “Astronomical Constants of the Solar System” in Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Eighth Edition, edited by Theodore Baumeister, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1978, pp. 11:104-107.
3. Manne, Alan S. and Richels, Richard G., “CO2 Emission Limits: An Economic Cost Analysis for the USA” in The Energy Journal, edited by Leonard Waverman, Washington, D.C., 11(2), April 1990, pp. 51-74.
4. McInnes, Colin R., Solar Sailing: Technology, Dynamics and Mission Applications, Praxis Publishing, Chichester, UK, 1999.
5. Stark, John P.W., “Celestial Mechanics” in Spacecraft Systems Engineering, edited by Peter Fortescue and John Stark, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 1991, pp. 59-81.
6. various, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1994 edition, (US Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, USGPO: 1994)
7. Fagan, Brian, The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History: 1300-1850, Basic Books, 2000.
8. Friedman, Lou, Starsailing: Solar Sails & Interstellar Travel, John Wiley and Sons, 1988.
9. Kraft, Christopher, The Solar Power Satellite Concept, (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USGPO: 1979).
10. Kahn, Herman , The Next 200 Years, John Wiley and Sons, 1976.
11. phrase from Heinlein, Robert A. Friday, Ace: 1980, but content from Popper, Karl , The Open Society and its Enemies and McLuhan, Marshall , Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (McGraw-Hill: 1964).
12. Wiley, Carl, “Clipper Ships of Space” in Astoundingmagazine, edited by John W. Campbell, month?, 1951, pp. ??-??.
13. Garwin, Dick , “?” in Jet Propulsionmagazine, edited by ?, month?, 1958, pp. ??-??.
14. editorial, “Trade Winds in Space” in Timemagazine, edited by ?, month?, 1958, pp. ??-??.
15. Wright, Jerome, “?” in ?, 1958, pp. ??-??. Battelle Memorial Institute.
16. MacNeal, Richard, and Hedgepath, John, “Heliogyro” in ?, 1965-67, pp. ??-??.
17. Villiers, Phillippe, “Spinners” in MIT master's thesis, month?, 1960, pp. ??-??.
18. Friedman, Lou, et al, “abandoned Halley's Comet Rendezvouz” in ?, 1980?, pp. ??-??.
19. et al, “ground test sail” in ?, 1970, pp. ??-??. World Space Foundation.
20. Bellamy, Edward , Looking Backward, 1888.
21. Arthur D. Little & Co., Inc , Solar Power Satellites, 1970?.
22. see Freitas, Robert, et al, Self Replicating Factories on the Moon's Surface, (NASA: 1980); Tipler, Frank, (Tulane University); Minsky, Marvin, “Will Robots Inherit the Earth” Scientific American Oct 1994; and Moravec, Hans Mind Children (Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute: 1989).
23. see McCullough-Pitts Theorem and Von Neuman, John, Universal Constructor, 1946.
24. see Sipper, Moshe and Reggia, James, “Go Forth and Replicate” Scientific American Aug 2001, p.35.
25. see Glaser, Peter, “Power from the Sun: Its Future” Science 1968, p.?.
26. see National Research Council, “Laying the Foundation for Space Solar Power: an Assessment of NASA's Space Solar Power Investment Strategy” 2001.
27. Spotts, Peter N. “ Same sun. Different views. ” in Christian Science Monitor, 17 July 2003, p. 12.
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15Feb2001; post original as presented to STAIF 2001
15Feb2001; covered on ABC Evening News
20Feb2001; replace Table 1 with Tables 1-3.
23Feb2001; upload figures and equations.
25April2001; presentation of "AntiVenuforming Terra" at 27th Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop.
24May2001; update figures in Tables 1-3 to reflect limb darkening, L1 stationing.
07Jul2001: "Mirrors & Smoke" appears in Whole Earth Review.
24Sep2001: Finish computer graphic animation of "Mirrors & Smoke" for Belgian national television RTBF - Matiére Grise (in English, ’Grey Matter“. Low-rezz version of CG video archived here.
02Nov2001: Deliver invited physics seminar "Mirrors & Smoke: Changing the Solar Constant to a Solar Variable" at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona.
14Nov2001: Deliver invited engineering seminar "Mirrors & Smoke, and Other Shady Schemes" at Stanford University Computer Systems Laboratory Colloquium (EE380).
21Nov2001: Deliver luncheon lecture with updated economic forecasts to Friends of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
30Jan2007: Advise ABC News Good Morning America re technical background and graphic to illustrate mirrors-in-space concept: 
© American Broadcasting Company. Note: Not to scale.
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