A star approaches a supernova explosion as it burns all of the elemental fuel within its core, namely hydrogen and helium, and finally carbon and iron, in that general order. Once those fuels are depleted, Betelgeuse will no longer have the thermal energy to balance its own gravitational force. We counteract this by simply shooting hydrogen from Earth in the general direction of Betelgeuse, at the speed of light. As the hydrogen reaches the Orion neighborhood in 600 years, Betelgeuse’s gravitational field will do the rest. Young science students can simulate this process by discharging a filled helium balloon towards Betelgeuse’s location in the sky.

Otherwise known as “star mimicking”, our radio telescope (aka “Little Woody”) at the Plentywood facility absorbs and integrates natural radio waves from other stars within the Milky Way that aren’t actually approaching supernova, to include our very own Sun. That combined signal is then reflected towards Betelgeuse in hopes that the received signal initiates a non-sentient correction in Betelgeuse’s current thermodynamic path.

Using primordial black holes to syphon hydrogen from unfortunate neighboring galaxies; interstellar drones, as their primary job, redistribute the hydrogen around the coronal rim up to the point of coronal mass ejection. The SBG team are hopeful that this technology can be spread to prevent prolapsed stellar cores across the galaxy.

This long-term project will send an array of “shephard” satellites into the Orion nebula, again at the speed of light, to push nearby pulsars into Betelgeuse’s gravitational field to provide the necessary fuel to sustain Betelgeuse for another several billion years. The development pipeline and capital costs of the PRAY technology make this project a Hail Mary at best.