Timeline for If you were to fire a laser or maser into space, how much of its energy would be lost to the atmosphere?
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| May 17, 2020 at 10:06 | answer | added | ProfRob | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 17, 2020 at 5:49 | comment | added | Cort Ammon | The answer to your final question woudl be "extraordinary difficult to a level you may not appreciate." The energy balances of a planet are massive. From one of my favorite pages on Wikipedia the energy of the sun striking the earth every day is something like 500x the total electricity use of the entire world for a year. Power on a planetary level is a thing to behold! | |
| May 17, 2020 at 3:43 | comment | added | The Photon | Google "absorption spectrum of the atmosphere" and you'll get dozens of references that can answer this question. | |
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| May 17, 2020 at 3:07 | history | asked | Ethan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |