New comic on space mirrors
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@jensorensen How many laser pointers targeting a #SpaceMirror would it take to disrupt its necessarily precise aim, if not alter its orbit? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_sail
This should be the next XKCD’s What If video (look that up on YouTube if you have no idea what I’m talking about!)
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@jensorensen Literally the (classic) simpsons predicted this shit.
@Chavestoteles @jensorensen There are literally two Bond movies doing this, one in 1971 and one in 2002.
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@jensorensen I haven't looked into this business model very seriously but I'm assuming the orbital dynamics don't make sense. You're either going to have to park these things way far away, at which they will be uselessly dim, or make a constellation of them, with giant sails being dragged down by our atmosphere at a rate that would make a Starlink engineer blush.
@DougJayne @jensorensen
My understanding was, that they're just using many of them and are changing between satellites all the time. -
I see a couple of services we can offer for a competitive market. Like "your company head-quarters not being razed" as a service. The cost is actually very small. You just have to convey a couple of plans to the shredder (yes, all copies) and never talk about them again ever.
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New comic on space mirrors
@jensorensen And guess who owns Space ?
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New comic on space mirrors
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Brilliant!
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New comic on space mirrors
@jensorensen do investors really believe this is a good idea?
A mirror with the area x is directed in a way so it directs sunlight into area y. But with y > x, wouldn't this just be some dim light? The mirror doesn't magically increase the sunlight.
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New comic on space mirrors
@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.
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@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 -
New comic on space mirrors
@jensorensen Does this fall back on tort law (class action)?
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Breathable Air As A Service: The reason Musk wants to colonise Mars.
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New comic on space mirrors
@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.
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@hyc @jensorensen some rare earths are needed for solar panels, and china has kinda cornered that market. That may just be due to inaction of others though.
@ivorytusk @hyc @jensorensen Really? How much of which ones?
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New comic on space mirrors
A James Bond villain literally did this
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@jensorensen Literally the (classic) simpsons predicted this shit.
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.
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New comic on space mirrors
@jensorensen reminds me of this song
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rA2FAVRAO2Y&ra=m
Tu no puedes comprar el sol
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@jensorensen I haven't looked into this business model very seriously but I'm assuming the orbital dynamics don't make sense. You're either going to have to park these things way far away, at which they will be uselessly dim, or make a constellation of them, with giant sails being dragged down by our atmosphere at a rate that would make a Starlink engineer blush.
@DougJayne @jensorensen It would cost under $100k to blow up something in low orbit and we could crowd fund it
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@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 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.
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@jensorensen this kinda reminds me of Reagan's Star Wars -
New comic on space mirrors
@jensorensen SWEET IDEA!!!!! I AM WRITING THIS DOWN!!!
