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

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Sujet : Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....
De : psperson (at) *nospam* old.netcom.invalid (Paul S Person)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.written
Date : 02. Sep 2024, 17:01:39
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On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 14:16:07 -0400, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

<snip-a-bit>
The Soviets did try a 20 meter mirror, which very
briefly provided light on a rapidly moving 5km spot
on the ground, equivalent to 'several full moons'.
>
https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-man-who-turned-night-into-day/
>
So, yes, maybe you could provide a light with some usefulness
for a few minutes, if the mirror was steered to point to one
spot. Reflect Orbitals claim is that they can provide
light for 4 minutes at a time.
>
The ISS can be in sight for as long as 6.5 minutes on a pass, so
RO's mirrors must be lower. That's good for being bright, but also
means they're subject to a lot of drag from remnant traces of
atmosphere, and will need to either have propulsion to keep on
station, or be replaced frequently.

If they were far enough out, they would be over the same spot for a
lot longer than that. Have to be a /really/ big mirror, though.

The suggestion to use RO's mirrors to power solar plants is a
total non-starter. The mirror can't deliver more light than
falls on it, and if its spread over several kilometers on the
ground, its just not bright enough to do anything useful, quite
aside from the idea that powering one for less than 5 minutes
has a use case.
>
Finally, you'd piss off every astronomer and stargazer on Earth.

IIRC, Musk's satellite clouds have already done that.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

Date Sujet#  Auteur
29 Aug 24 * OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....27Cryptoengineer
29 Aug 24 +- Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....1ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
29 Aug 24 +* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....13Lynn McGuire
30 Aug 24 i+* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....9Mad Hamish
30 Aug 24 ii`* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....8Lynn McGuire
3 Sep 24 ii `* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....7Mad Hamish
3 Sep 24 ii  `* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....6Cryptoengineer
3 Sep 24 ii   `* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....5Lynn McGuire
4 Sep 24 ii    `* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....4Dimensional Traveler
4 Sep 24 ii     `* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....3Lynn McGuire
4 Sep 24 ii      `* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....2Dimensional Traveler
4 Sep 24 ii       `- Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....1Lynn McGuire
30 Aug 24 i`* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....3Cryptoengineer
30 Aug 24 i `* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....2Michael F. Stemper
30 Aug 24 i  `- Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....1Tony Nance
30 Aug 24 +* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....3Titus G
30 Aug 24 i+- Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....1ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
30 Aug 24 i`- Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....1Michael F. Stemper
30 Aug 24 +- Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....1Charles Packer
30 Aug 24 +- Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....1Mad Hamish
31 Aug 24 `* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....7Robert Carnegie
31 Aug 24  `* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....6Robert Carnegie
1 Sep 24   `* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....5Cryptoengineer
2 Sep 24    `* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....4Paul S Person
3 Sep 24     `* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....3Cryptoengineer
3 Sep 24      `* Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....2Lynn McGuire
4 Sep 24       `- Re: OT: Surely there's an SF story with this.....1Paul S Person

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