Stability of L points

I may have unwittingly contributed confusion here by incorrectly refering to
the "solar wind" once. Of course it's not the solar wind (ejected
particles) but light pressure at play here.

But I suppose it's an unrelated but perhaps important-to-consider aspect.
Would solar wind have a significant effect? Or is its effect swamped by the
light pressure, and thus easy to compensate and adjust for using the kind of
active control surfaces which have been mentioned?

Regards,

Mike Combs

From: Ed Minchau [mailto:ed_minchau@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 2:18 AM
To: spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [spacesettlers] Re: Stability of L points

--- In spacesettlers@y..., phoebos@w... wrote:
> There is one small factor no one has mentioned yet. The solar wind
is
> not constant, as a matter of fact, all the recent coronal mass
ejections
> would wreak havoc on trying to keep this structure stable.
Granted,
> the solar wind is usually predictable, but when you are talking
about
> such a large and expensive structure, well.....it is my experience
that
> Murphy's Law would come into play in a big way. And a massive CME
is
> nothing to sneeze at, in space.

especially if your tissue is less than 1kg/(km^2); fairly flimsy

:) ed

But I suppose it's an unrelated but perhaps important-to-consider aspect.
Would
solar wind have a significant effect? Or is its effect swamped by the light pressure, and thus easy to compensate and adjust for using the kind of active control surfaces which have been mentioned?

Regards,
Mike Combs
From:
Ed Minchau [mailto:ed_minchau@...]
Sent:
Wednesday, January 31, 2001 2:18 AM
To:
spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
Subject:
[spacesettlers] Re: Stability of L points
--- In spacesettlers@y..., phoebos@w... wrote:
> There is one small factor no one has mentioned yet. The solar wind
is
> not constant, as a matter of fact, all the recent coronal mass
ejections
> would wreak havoc on trying to keep this structure stable.
Granted,
> the solar wind is usually predictable, but when you are talking
about
> such a large and expensive structure, well.....it is my experience
that
> Murphy's Law would come into play in a big way. And a massive CME
is
> nothing to sneeze at, in space.
especially if your tissue is less than 1kg/(km^2); fairly flimsy
:) ed