<![CDATA[This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/]]>This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/29b41c91-e468-44ca-87d4-29ca44761ad3/this-doesn-t-seem-great-https-petapixel.com-2026-07-17-us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-nightRSS for NodeFri, 24 Jul 2026 08:18:07 GMTSun, 19 Jul 2026 01:14:36 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:46:20 GMT]]>@jerry Yep. Prof Sam Lawler has been writing some great articles on this exact stupidity. they are worth a read.

sundogplanets@mastodon.social is her handle if you are so inclined.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Rajiv/statuses/116947417846423035https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Rajiv/statuses/116947417846423035Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:46:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:37:41 GMT]]>@jerry either by design or coincidence the beeb have got this article up on their web site https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9errxl97go

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/ScotInTraining/statuses/116945496407061916https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/ScotInTraining/statuses/116945496407061916Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:37:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:33:08 GMT]]>@jerry I can't believe we just have to accept that on a planetary scale. Like there has to be some way the UN should just be able to say no.

This is not US matter this is a world thing this can't just be one country giving a go and we are good...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://snaggletooth.life/users/NafiTheBear/statuses/116945478536898250https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://snaggletooth.life/users/NafiTheBear/statuses/116945478536898250Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:33:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:25:18 GMT]]>@jerry it appears we are at the stage of capitalism where rich people, who have been slightly inconvienced by it being night time, will be able to disturb every living thing for 3 miles.

The arrogance is astounding

We need to tax these people out of existence

And we need better teaching about biological clocks

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/ScotInTraining/statuses/116945447707819064https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/ScotInTraining/statuses/116945447707819064Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:25:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:16:11 GMT]]>@jerry The Kessler-syndrome will have to fix that. I just can no longer imagine how to avoid collisions.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/masek/statuses/116945411887527441https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/masek/statuses/116945411887527441Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:16:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 06:10:13 GMT]]>@jerry

It's a staggeringly poor idea.

If it wasn't for the likelihood of collateral damage, I would hope that it would make a good surface to space interceptor target 🤔

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116945152496316217https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116945152496316217Sun, 19 Jul 2026 06:10:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:40:11 GMT]]>@jerry how can we speed up global warming ? Increase fossil fuel use, burn all trees, reflect the sun to earth on the night side - well done humanity

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon-belgium.be/users/bonno/statuses/116945034380596440https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon-belgium.be/users/bonno/statuses/116945034380596440Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:40:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:10:32 GMT]]>@jerry I've just finished a scifi novel where one of these malfunctions (well, sabotage), destroy a human base and sets parts of Antarctica on fire.

I'm not exactly thrilled about this.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/val/statuses/116944917812190343https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/val/statuses/116944917812190343Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:10:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:59:05 GMT]]>@jerry I'd like to go on the record as being anti-giant-death-ray-from-space

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thepit.social/users/callan/statuses/116944636808908770https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thepit.social/users/callan/statuses/116944636808908770Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:59:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:56:18 GMT]]>@jerry certainly this would never malfunction and "accidentally" put a 3 mile wide ray of sunshine across a big arc of the planet in the middle of the night now would it? As fascinating as a thing this would be to experience, the whole thing just seems wasteful for how disruptive and potential to go wrong it has.
Seems like a big mirror to just leave up there too

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/JamesAkers/statuses/116944625912126567https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/JamesAkers/statuses/116944625912126567Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:56:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:45:25 GMT]]>@jerry no it does not
Give @sundogplanets a follow!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.games/ap/users/115798900176839373/statuses/116944583096960143https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.games/ap/users/115798900176839373/statuses/116944583096960143Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:45:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:26:56 GMT]]>@jerry Worst plan ever!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/joycebell/statuses/116944510419935884https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/joycebell/statuses/116944510419935884Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:26:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:20:28 GMT]]>@jerry that's the villain's plot in TWO Bond movies! Well... more Die Another Day than Diamonds Are Forever, but still.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vyolynce/statuses/116944485016519018https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vyolynce/statuses/116944485016519018Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:20:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:47:22 GMT]]>@jerry ...of course they did.

Dammit.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116944354823213076https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116944354823213076Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:47:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:28:04 GMT]]>@jerry Don’t we have one already? Isn’t it called “the moon” or something?]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ack.nerdfight.online/objects/11365204-662b-4b8d-88c6-5888c618fe8fhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ack.nerdfight.online/objects/11365204-662b-4b8d-88c6-5888c618fe8fSun, 19 Jul 2026 02:28:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:08:02 GMT]]>@jerry let's start a gofundme to pay for a bunch of those portable construction site light towers and park them around the CEO's house blasting light into his windows

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://breakpoint.cafe/users/brunoph/statuses/116944200160274526https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://breakpoint.cafe/users/brunoph/statuses/116944200160274526Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:08:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:02:02 GMT]]>@jerry

We are in stupid times... but this seems egregious.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://opensocial.media/users/dogriley/statuses/116944176553461466https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://opensocial.media/users/dogriley/statuses/116944176553461466Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:02:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:51:06 GMT]]>@jerry No, it’s not.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116944133579989361https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116944133579989361Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:51:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:40:16 GMT]]>@jerry who would have thought the crazies crying about "jewish space lasers" were almost half-right?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ciberlandia.pt/users/jt_rebelo/statuses/116944091008471263https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ciberlandia.pt/users/jt_rebelo/statuses/116944091008471263Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:40:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:32:04 GMT]]>@varx at least we’ll be able to see it happening now

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/116944058734108524https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jerry/statuses/116944058734108524Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:32:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:22:39 GMT]]>@jerry Starting to feel a little warmer towards Kessler Syndrome.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/varx/statuses/116944021711990378https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/varx/statuses/116944021711990378Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:22:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This doesn’t seem great https://petapixel.com/2026/07/17/us-approves-gigantic-satellite-mirror-that-will-illuminate-the-earth-at-night/ on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:22:02 GMT]]>@jerry They want us up all night to work for them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/emersunn/statuses/116944019300147003https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/emersunn/statuses/116944019300147003Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:22:02 GMT