| ▲ | U.S. approval of giant 'space mirror' satellite alarms astronomers(scientificamerican.com) | |
| 6 points by saikatsg 8 hours ago | 3 comments | ||
| ▲ | thecrumb 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
This is crazy. I imagine a few environmentalists are alarmed as well. I thought light pollution from WalMart was bad... | ||
| ▲ | ChrisArchitect 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48871367 | ||
| ▲ | red-iron-pine 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
they call the mirror Eärendil, a JRR Tolken reference which usually means its a project funded by fascists and sure enough Reflect Orbital has some SpaceX ties | ||