Sujet : OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....
De : petertrei (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Cryptoengineer)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 29. Aug 2024, 19:07:01
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Organisation : A noiseless patient Spider
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Reflect Orbital
https://www.reflectorbital.com/lightingis proposing to launch a fleet of orbital mirrors to provide lighting
to nighttime locations on the Earth.
They claim they will be able to light up a 5km diameter circle for
4 minutes. They're accepting reservations, but I can't find any
pricing. They expect to start in Q4 2025.
I'm *extremely* skeptical. To be even as bright as moonlight,
the mirror would have to appear 1/7 the area of the Moon in
the sky.
I can't think of a use case for 4 minutes of light, but they
also talk about using it to power up solar panel systems at
night, which makes no sense.
I think its either an art project, or some kind of scam to
fleece investors who are bad at math.
Still, very stfnal.
pt