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[โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Kinda. The exact quote for it being lowered down without heating up from reentry is "the added ice would cool the water down by only about a millionth of a degree" But yea essentially useless in the big scheme of things.

The ice would be massively better used in space habitats or terraforming other places.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You stopped reading too soon:

    Unfortunately, comets would affect the Earth's temperature in another way. In addition to dust and water, they contain a small amount of CO2, which would be released into the atmosphere as the comet melted. This CO2 would change Earth's radiation balance

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