Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....

On 30/08/24 06:07, Cryptoengineer wrote:

Reflect Orbital
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https://www.reflectorbital.com/lighting
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is proposing to launch a fleet of orbital mirrors to provide lighting
to nighttime locations on the Earth.

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.
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I think its either an art project, or some kind of scam to
fleece investors who are bad at math.
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Still, very stfnal.

I found the website fascinating including the interesting backgrounds of
the principals. (Keep us informed if you learn more, please.)
The SF story I am reminded of is of a far smaller scale about the
unfortunate soccer referee choosing principle to the game over loyalty
to the crowd but I can't remember the title nor author.