NY Times: Could a giant parasol in space help the climate crisis?

In early February, the New York Times published an article exploring the planetary sunshade concept. They interviewed Dr. Istvan Svapudi at the University of Hawaii, Dr. Yoram Rosen at the Asher Space Institute in Israel, and Morgan Goodwin, Executive Director of the Planetary Sunshade Foundation.

The full article is linked here. The Sunshade Foundation was quoted here:

Morgan Goodwin, executive director of the Planetary Sunshade Foundation, a nonprofit organization, said one reason sunshades haven’t gained as much traction is that climate researchers have been focused, quite naturally, on what’s happening within the Earth’s atmosphere and not on space.

But the falling costs of space launches and investments in a space industrial economy have widened possibilities, Mr. Goodwin said. The foundation suggests using raw materials from space and launching solar shade ships into L1 from the moon, which would cost far less than setting off from Earth.

“We think as the idea of sunshades become more understood by climate folks, it’s going to be a pretty obvious part of the discussion,” said Mr. Goodwin, who is also the senior director at the Angeles chapter of the Sierra Club.

The Times then published this article on the front page of the Saturday paper.

Reactions to the New York Times Article have generated a great deal of interest in the work of the Sunshade Foundation and we are grateful for the attention.