Geostorm

This week we're talking about the 2017 cli-fi movie, Geostorm!<br><br>We've got frozen deserts, exploding cities, giant tsunamis and #airlockdrama! Abi tries to understand the scientific and economic logistics of a space net while Freda just wants this movie to flush itself out of her brain. It hurts all the science parts. <br><br><em>"I want it dead, I want it's whole family dead, I want it down in the ground!"<br><br></em>Things you might find interesting:<ul><li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180122-will-we-ever-have-satellites-that-can-control-the-weather#:~:text=Unfortunately%2C%20having%20satellites%20control%20the,thus%20massively%20increasing%20their%20payload.">Will weather control happen in the future?</a> - BBC</li><li><a href="https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/meteorologists/cloud-seeding.htm">Can China control the weather?</a> - How Stuff Works</li><li><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/cloud-seeding-weather-control-manipulate-effects-chemicals-climate-change-a8160146.html">Cloud Seeding: should we or shouldn't we?</a> - Independent</li><li><a href="https://theconversation.com/geostorm-movie-shows-dangers-of-hacking-the-climate-we-need-to-talk-about-real-world-geoengineering-now-85866">Geostorm and the ethics of geoengineering</a> - The Conversation</li><li><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2017/11/geostorm-a-very-imperfect-storm/">The disasters of disaster movies </a>- Yale Climate Connections</li><li><a href="https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v28/d274">Project Poyeye</a> - Office of the Historian (US Dept of State...not an onion article)</li><li><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/science-behind-geostorm-newest-weather-fueled-doomsday-flick-180965303/">The science behind Geostorm</a> - Smithsonian Mag</li><li><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/reference/rockets-and-rocket-launches-explained/">Rockets and rocket launches</a> - National Geographic</li><li><a href="https