Macro-Engineering: A Challenge for the Future
| Author | Viorel Badescu, Richard B. Cathcart and Roelof D. Schuiling (eds.) |
|---|---|
| Published | 2006 |
| Format | Book |
TL;DR — A 2006 Springer edited volume on planet-scale engineering schemes: geoengineering, CO2 sequestration, space solar power, space towers, orbiting reflectors and stellar engines.
Volume 54 of Springer’s Water Science and Technology Library, edited by Viorel Badescu (Polytechnic University of Bucharest), Richard Brook Cathcart and Roelof Dirk Schuiling (Utrecht University). Thirteen chapters by different authors.
The chapters run from the near-term to the speculative: geo-engineering and energy production, mineral sequestration of CO2, large-scale concentrating solar power, hurricane mitigation, climate-model results for a sunshade scheme (Govindasamy Bala and Ken Caldeira), using space solar power for weather control, space towers and electrostatic levitation (Alexander Bolonkin), planetary engineering with orbiting solar reflectors (Colin McInnes, whose chapter the original filename flags), stellar engines that would move the Sun, and macro-engineering as a question for astrobiology (Milan Ćirković).
What it is: a scholarly edited volume from a major academic publisher; individual chapters range from mainstream climate modelling to far-future thought experiments. In copyright.
Where this came from
- A copy saved in October 2026.
322 pages. A PDF copy is held in Kyle’s private archive; it is not linked or shared here.