Space mirrors could ruin astronomy — and your eyes
Solar energy, at any time of day or night - that's the dream of space mirror projects. Futurists have been imagining satellite mirrors that could reflect the sun's light onto the Earth's surface for over a century. Russian scientists experimented with the concept in the '90s with the Znamya project. The idea is to put […]
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Solar energy, at any time of day or night - that's the dream of space mirror projects. Futurists have been imagining satellite mirrors that could reflect the sun's light onto the Earth's surface for over a century. Russian scientists experimented with the concept in the '90s with the Znamya project. The idea is to put […]
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Solar energy, at any time of day or night - that's the dream of space mirror projects.
Futurists have been imagining satellite mirrors that could reflect the sun's light onto the Earth's surface for over a century.
Russian scientists experimented with the concept in the '90s with the Znamya project.
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https://www.theverge.com/science/976977/space-mirror-reflect-orbital-fcc-solar-eye-damage