You were the physics major, but: 1. At 500km it's not gonna be geosynchronous, but orbit every couple hours and 2, At that height the earth is gonna block out all the light it would have a chance at reflecting. Is that just the test "moon"? It ain't gonna work for the real thing
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It seems completely impossible that this would do what they say it would do.
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Hope so. I find the prospect alarming.
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That's no moon
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There is an absolutely enormous amount of bad reporting or atrocious physics there. Eg at 300 miles orbital height it won’t be lighting any given city for very long b4 disappearing over horizon. And an hr or two after sunset it won’t work at all.
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Bad for any wildlife, maybe even insects. It could completely mess the day / night cycle or moon guidance of anything within that city's limits, even the usually non lit bakyards and parks.
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Death Star. Been waiting for this.
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This seems to me the kind of visionary stuff you do when you're a rising country with people dreaming of an optimistic future. Wouldn't be surprised to see them learn a lot of useful stuff toward one day using orbital mirrors for power.
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I suppose Emperor Palpatine must have called the Death Star an 'artificial moon' at first, too.
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The new jungle story...might maketh the moon!
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"But much more testing needs to be done..."
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I can already imagine the detrimental effects it will have on plants and animals...
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A new moon's arising? ( Note- I am not a pandahugger &didnt facilitate their rise or even try &deflect attention frm them)
@tylercowen@niubi@prchovanec@postdiscipline@gabewildau@BeijingPalmer@KennedyCSIS@LizEconomy@delong@rosenbergerlm@jwassershttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zUQiUFZ5RDw …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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The smog alone in most Chinese cities would hide it
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Unrelated question: Have tariffs been used historically to leverage other nations to come to the negotiation table and been successful?
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