238
Startup Says It'll Use Huge Space Mirror to Sell Sunlight During Nighttime (futurism.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
56 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19446697

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[+] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[deleted]
  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    While it would be cool for it to appear the size of the moon, it is not necessary with a shaped mirror.

    You can keep the same size in a higher orbit, maybe even geosynchronous, then sync the rotation of the mirror to keep it pointing in the same spot on earth.

    Granted a shaped mirror that size would be much harder to put into orbit than a flat mirror.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •