I need a detailed analysis of which of these two substances serve as the reflector best. Weight is a crucial factor in that something lightweight must be cargo hauled to the Space Station and released there. What is the weight comparison of NaCl salt crystals compared to aluminum sheets or strips? Aluminum is atomic number 13 and sodium is 11 and chlorine is 17. So which one wins the weight category for cargo hauling??
Salt as the reflector makes more sense when considering entering or leaving the Earth in that you would rather have your spaceship ram into a salt layer rather than a layer of aluminum metal.
And also, Earth is abundant in salt and aluminum but what happens to aluminum as it re-enters Earth atmosphere? Is it turned into a gas and harmful? Salt is not a health hazard but aluminum in vapor form maybe a health hazard.
And the processing of aluminum from mining until final processing costs alot in terms of energy. Whereas harvesting salt is as easy as evaporation of ocean water and collecting the salt crystals. But there maybe some final processing of salt in order to make it reflect well once placed in orbit from the Space Station.
I spoke of earlier of an Oilfilm. A monolayer molecule. Is there a monolayer molecule that can spread out once released by the Spacestation and can reflect Sunlight? Most monolayer molecules I know of are scents and fragrances such as rose scent or perfumes. But, is there a monolayer molecule that spreads out once released by the SpaceStation and has the property of reflecting light from the Sun?
Perhaps a conjunction of materials will be the most ideal. Where you put salt crystals plus some Oilfilm where the salt is embedded in the oilfilm that makes a outer-space structure which we call Earth's AirConditioner.
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