New comic on space mirrors

[olofknight@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@jensorensen this is the first I heard of this. Ain't no way someone is stupid enough to even suggest such a dumb idea.
The massive cost of it, the social backlash, the political and international backlash and just the engineering of it all.
For what? Just to have the giant mirror break because of some 1cm space debris?

[olofknight@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@nacly season 6, episode final?
The school finds oil, Mr burns steals it, blocks the sun, gets shot, ends in a cliff hanger on "who shot Mr burns?" Which should help you narrow it down

[decaturnature@theatl.social]

@jensorensen Does this fall back on tort law (class action)?

[davidtheeviloverlord@mastodon.social]

@woozle @jensorensen

Breathable Air As A Service: The reason Musk wants to colonise Mars.

[jackemled@furry.engineer]

@jensorensen I'm sure the people wanting sunlight on demand, or to block sunlight later on, have never even seen the sun of their own volition.

[marshray@infosec.exchange]

@ivorytusk @hyc @jensorensen Really? How much of which ones?

[everydaycompute@app.wafrn.net]

@jensorensen@mastodon.social

A James Bond villain literally did this

[quasit@beige.party]

@Chavestoteles @jensorensen

You know, it just occurred to me that those solar satellites could be used as weapons against people on the Earth's surface. Focus the beams from multiple satellites on an area, and you could set it on fire.

[meowki@meowstodon.eu]

@jensorensen reminds me of this song

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rA2FAVRAO2Y&ra=m

Tu no puedes comprar el sol

[unlofl@mstdn.social]

@DougJayne @jensorensen It would cost under $100k to blow up something in low orbit and we could crowd fund it

[zeborah@mastodon.nz]

@OlofKnight It has been not only suggested but formally proposed to and approved by the FCC in the US, despite the social/scientific backlash. See https://theconversation.com/the-u-s-just-approved-a-giant-space-mirror-to-test-sunlight-on-demand-low-earth-orbit-is-getting-weird-283482

Hopefully the initial test fails so miserably and embarrassingly that it bankrupts everyone involved and discourages all potential copycats... but people trying to get VC money seem to be incredibly hard to discourage as they don't actually need a workable product, they just need a concept that VC bros will eat up.

@jensorensen

[reiddragon@fedi.catto.garden]

@jensorensen this kinda reminds me of Reagan's Star Wars

[bnuybot@gaygeek.social]

@jensorensen SWEET IDEA!!!!! I AM WRITING THIS DOWN!!!

[raindrops_and_roses@mastodon.social]

@jensorensen @RealGene These fkrs wanna patent the sun.

[shaknais@mastodon.social]

@ivorytusk

Most of the processed rare earths for solar come from China, sure. But the ore they use is usually Australian. You're right - inaction, created a solvable problem.

[denpanek0@mastodon.social]

@noiseician @jensorensen lol Simpson did it

[mardor@ruhr.social]

@hyc
Mike Peters should be the one who is pissed by this remake of his 1978 cartoon.
https://media.snopes.com/2021/09/Dayton_Daily_News_Fri__Apr_21__1978_.pdf
@jensorensen

#WeOwnTheWells

[fragarach@social.vivaldi.net]

@jensorensen
Reminds me of a sign I saw in a medical physics lab: " CAUTION! Do not look into laser with remaining eye!"

#technology #environment #space #corporations

[ladyteruki@mastodon.social]

@jensorensen : the last one also makes me think that if they can actually cut people off from the sun, it's a great way to render solar panels ineffective.

[pvtejas@mstdn.social]

@jensorensen they've done it. They've privatised the sun