• nocturne@slrpnk.net
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      17 days ago

      I thought for sure this was to be to let in less sunlight… but no it is for more, wtf?

      The FCC approved the company Reflect Orbital to test one satellite, named Earendil-1, as a means of reflecting the sun’s rays back to Earth for extra solar energy and wide-area lighting. The light is expected to cover an area about five kilometres wide, and will require repointing every four minutes.

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    17 days ago

    It’s not getting weird. It’s getting fucked. This is a bad idea, but it’s still perfectly capable of fucking up the night sky and causing risk of catastrophic collisions.