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A space mirror? What could go wrong?

Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:18 am
Posted by bluestem75
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2007
5586 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:18 am
A California startup wants to put a space mirror in orbit that will beam sunlight back down to the Earth during night time.

Space.com
Posted by Bass Tiger
Member since Oct 2014
57171 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:28 am to
For what necessary purpose?

We hear the environmentalists voice their concerns over bovine flatulence, what would thousands of mirrors orbiting around the earth, shining light down on the earth when it should be dark, what would that do to the circadian rhythms of wildlife in these affected areas?
Posted by ezride25
Constitutional Republic
Member since Nov 2008
27126 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:37 am to
They want to cook us alive in an oven.
Posted by dakarx
Member since Sep 2018
8694 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:45 am to
They ran out of Global Warming sources ?
Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
60850 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:53 am to
This would screw the ecosystem wherever it was done by hampering nocturnal creatures as well as human circadian rhythms. Along with that it would raise temperatures over the entire region as night usually allows for heat dissipation (due to the sun not being able to continually warm the area).

Some gains might come from it (primarily agricultural, I would think, due to longer growing "days"), but those gains would be meager compared to the scope severity of the negatives.
Posted by BhamTigah
Lurker since Jan 2003
Member since Jan 2007
18204 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:56 am to
Global warming is a myth, but they got one thing right. Nature is gonna teach us what FAFO truly means one of these days.
Posted by Wraytex
San Antonio - Gonzales
Member since Jun 2020
4528 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 11:16 am to
Incoming Bee piece on how they are trying to make it easier to burn the state to the ground...and they wouldn't necessarily Bee wrong.
Posted by theCrusher
Slidell
Member since Nov 2007
1865 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 11:25 am to
Let's start by making daylight savings time permanent.
Posted by Nosevens
Member since Apr 2019
21183 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 11:28 am to
Icarus beams down. What movie and villain intent could he be curious about replicating
Posted by LazloHollyfeld
Steam Tunnel at UNC-G
Member since Apr 2009
2157 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 11:30 am to
Val Kilmer did this in 1985 in the classic Real Genius.
Posted by BamaChemE
Midland, TX
Member since Feb 2012
7751 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 11:55 am to
quote:

Val Kilmer did this in 1985 in the classic Real Genius.


Not quite… Chris Knight and Mitch made the laser. Ken was the one who made the tracking mirror. It wasn’t big enough to be a space mirror on its own. Still though, Professor Hathaway’s house filling with pop corn was cool.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
105070 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 1:40 pm to
I feel like a concentrated beam of sunlight from a mirror could cause intense heat or a fire

Think magnifying glass on an ant
Posted by GoblinGuide
Member since Nov 2017
2491 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 2:08 pm to
quote:

A California startup wants to put a space mirror in orbit that will beam sunlight back down to the Earth during night time.


This is some James Bond villain shite. Why?
Posted by tigafan4life
Member since Dec 2006
51294 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 2:14 pm to
Sounds like the movie goestorm. No thanks
Posted by dkreller
Laffy
Member since Jan 2009
34565 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 2:17 pm to
Posted by SantaFe
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2019
8228 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 2:19 pm to

Dumbasses.
Posted by nealnan8
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2016
5459 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 2:28 pm to
The Eye of Sauron is moving. This is the first thing that I thought of.
Posted by mauser
Orange Beach
Member since Nov 2008
28189 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 4:19 pm to
It will be great for pot farms
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
70061 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 4:21 pm to
They'll have to avoid the Jewish Space Lasers...
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
24685 posts
Posted on 7/14/26 at 4:34 pm to
quote:

California
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beam sunlight back down to the Earth

Goodbye Malibu. Goodbye Hollywood Hills.
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