This will never happen
Scientists: Climate change is happening.
Some billionaires: Let’s make a giant parasol in space.
This guy: How about more sun?
Reflect Orbital is a California-based startup
Aight that’s where i stop.
New Theranos!
How long until the free version of Sun is cancelled?
Its still free but it has ads now
The mirror is free, but the sunlight comes as a subscription
That sounds crazy. I’m sure they would keep it free but ad-supported.
I’m sorry, but you meant paid with ads, correct?
How will launching mirrors of the size of your entire farm (if not hundreds times larger) for extra 30 min of sunset ever be more cost-effective than simply adding a small percentage of extra PV panels
This is this year’s single biggest understatement
“‘By precisely reflecting sunlight that is endlessly available in space to specific targets on the ground, we can create a world where sunlight powers solar farms for longer than just daytime, and in doing this, commoditize sunlight.’”
The error was in: “we can”
Since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun . . .
James Bond death ray time :)
No, I want you to tan strongly Mr. Bond! Mhahahaha!
I watched a video yesterday about the laser range finder on a tank. The interesting thing is that at long enough ranges, the laser expands into a cone that may be bigger than the target and give inaccurate readings.
Anyway, I look forward to this totally real and feasible technology.
deleted by creator
So you’re saying a space orbiting death ray will cast an area large enough to generate solar power eh? HEY ELON!
deleted by creator
So a really bug death ray? Perhaps some sort of doomsday device?
You just need perfectly rigid solar mirror technology that you can store in a rocket while being launched.
It’s like that episode of futurama - the mirror wernstrom put in space to reflect sunlight, which gets tapped by a little space rock, and tilts into a solar powered death beam
I don’t even want to imagine the environmental studies and hurdles they’ll have to jump through to artificially alter an areas day/night cycle. There’s a laundry list of environmental concerns that I’m sure any homeowner or eco-activist worth their salt would jump on. Not to mention glare and impacts to air traffic, on and on.
Would make my solar panels pretty darn effective though. Would probably be great for SAD in winter too. Clever idea. Not sure I can get behind it though.
Oh Mr X guy, so you want to fly a Teslas into space? Are there environmental impacts? Oh. Yes, one more million. Okay looks like you’ve covered all the possible impacts, you have our go for launch!
deleted by creator
Oh wait…
Oh Mr X guy, so you want to fly a big ass mirror into space? Are there environmental impacts? Oh. Yes, one more million. Okay looks like you’ve covered all the possible impacts, you have our go for launch! We might need a few more millions of reasons to keep the masses at bay please. Thank you!
Honestly if X guy could please hurry up and buy this company.
I need them to go bankrupt or have become illegal before they send some actual junk into space. And if they do send something it needs to have stupid decisions by a higher up so it cant actually remain up there and ruin the nights further.
you think profit obsessed c-suites give even a moments consideration about environmental concerns?
I will learn how to make an orbital rocket just to fuck this things day up.
No, night is already too bright. You are not ruining this for me further.
Might be fun for novelty on a concert venue or ball game, but I can’t imagine it’d be economical for solar farms.
Why not just put up a Moonlight Tower?
This was a project by the soviets in the 80s as well. I know there is a well produced YouTube video on the subject, but sadly it must be named something incomprehensible like “the forgotten Russian project to turn night into day.” Because I can’t fucking find it.
Here’s a Smithsonian article instead. here
Yes! I knew it had to be mustard, didn’t think to check his nebula thank you!