Yes, his velocity will decrease the further he slides.
Light are transfer through waves in the atmosphere and yes it true that the darker the color is the more heat it could absorb thus it is also explain that the lighter the color is the less heat or light its absorb its because the light is bounces back through other form of light and it lessens the amount of heat in a substance. In Ryan's procedure the possible wrong that he done is the present of a green cotton glove. Green color are one of the color that bounces light and could not support the hypothesis of Ryan and the possible temperature he could get is not the accurate one.
what causes a star to shine brightly:
by squeezing atoms together in its core
The answer to the question would be jet streams.