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  2. Space sunshade - Wikipedia

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    A sunshade could potentially be one climate engineering method for mitigating global warming through solar radiation management, because internationally negotiated reductions in carbon emissions may be insufficient to stem climate change. [5] [6] Sunshades could also be used to produce space solar power, acting as solar power satellites ...

  3. Psychological and sociological effects of space flight are important to understanding how to successfully achieve the goals of long-duration expeditionary missions. Although robotic spacecraft have landed on Mars , plans have also been discussed for a human expedition , perhaps in the 2030s, [ 1 ] for a return mission.

  4. Space psychology - Wikipedia

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    Space psychology refers to applying psychology to advise human spaceflight.This includes applying industrial and organizational psychology to team selection, individual and team mental preparation, team training, and ongoing psychological support, [1] and applying human factors and ergonomics to the construction of spacecraft to ensure sufficient habitability.

  5. Sunshade - Wikipedia

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    Sunshade may refer to: Brise soleil, architectural sunshades; Shade (shadow), the blocking of sunlight by any object; Space sunshade, a device for blocking a star's rays in space; Umbrella, a device for blocking sunlight or rain; Windshield sun shades, used to block sunlight in a car

  6. James Webb Space Telescope sunshield - Wikipedia

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    The temperature differences between the hot and cold sides of the James Webb Space Telescope five-layer sunshield. The sunshield acts as large parasol allowing the main mirror, optics, and instruments to passively cool to 40 kelvins (−233 °C; −388 °F) or cooler, [6] and is one of the enabling technologies that will allow the JWST to operate. [10]

  7. Talk:Space sunshade/Archive 1 - Wikipedia

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    3 Definition. 1 comment. 4 Re Writing. 5 Title. 2 comments. 6 Sun-Earth L1 Distances. 3 comments. 7 Number of Sunshades required for 2% ... 11 Proposal to merge with ...

  8. Sunshield - Wikipedia

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  9. Spatial cognition - Wikipedia

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    In cognitive psychology, spatial cognition is the acquisition, organization, utilization, and revision of knowledge about spatial environments. It is most about how animals, including humans, behave within space and the knowledge they built around it, rather than space itself.