Reflect Orbital's Constellation of 50K Satellite Mirrors Could Create Artificial Daylight From Orbit (thedebrief.org)

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A new proposed satellite constellation could turn the night sky into permanent twilight -- or even daylight -- should a "visionary" startup's plans come to fruition. Never mind that the Soviets tried it in the 90s before deciding it was a terrible idea, as should be obvious to most people without having to give it too much thought. Still, if it allowed the US to put an end to daylight savings time changes, I might be onboard with it.

Just kidding, here's the petition against it that you should sign

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[-] pageflight@piefed.social 2 points 14 hours ago

To save folks reading the long winded intro:

Reflect Orbital is a start-up company proposing a constellation of up to 50,000 satellites by 2035, to provide a sunlight-on-demand service to consumers. This would involve reflecting beams of sunlight with a diameter of about 5 kilometers onto Earth’s surface to provide lighting or solar energy to the customers.

[-] PointyFluff@lemmy.ml 2 points 14 hours ago

This is a terrible idea! Have these morons never seen Futurama?

[-] artifex@piefed.social 1 points 13 hours ago

Life imitates art, I guess.

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