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In reply to the discussion: This Startup Wants to Use Space Mirrors to Light Up Earth at Night. Feds Just Said Go Ahead [View all]PatrickforB
(15,571 posts)28. Why on God's green earth would we want to do this?
Just because you CAN definitely does not mean you SHOULD.
And, silly me, I'd rather de-fund ICE, cut the military budget significantly, and have MY tax dollars, that I pay in to my government, which is SUPPOSEDLY of, by and for the people, to be used for stuff that HELPS ME AND MY FAMILY at our kitchen table.
Healthcare.
Childcare.
Great schools.
Debt-free college.
Affordable housing.
Now here's just another way to waste money we no longer have because of decades of irresponsible tax cuts for billionaire parasites and corporations on shit we don't need, like these ridiculous mirror satellites.
WHY?????????????????????????????
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This Startup Wants to Use Space Mirrors to Light Up Earth at Night. Feds Just Said Go Ahead [View all]
highplainsdem
14 hrs ago
OP
Very bad Idea. Darkness is necessary to many plants, animals and yes even humans to survive and grow.
efhmc
13 hrs ago
#7
This has been proposed for many many years (maybe not proposed but speculated to in many Sci-Fi books.
SWBTATTReg
14 hrs ago
#2
No need to worry about animals (and plants) that need night to sleep, hunt, live.
erronis
13 hrs ago
#4
Oh, FFS! Plants', animals' health which we do rely on in obvious, and not obvious ways!
electric_blue68
13 hrs ago
#11
What will happen is they will spend millions over a few years. There will be a lot of planning and
Srkdqltr
13 hrs ago
#12
This "great idea" should be reviewed through the National Evironmental Policy Act (NEPA).
waterwatcher123
13 hrs ago
#13
Geostationary high-altitude balloons would be cheaper and more servicable. They're already in fairly wide use.
eppur_se_muova
12 hrs ago
#14
This is one of those "Just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you should".
Snarkoleptic
12 hrs ago
#15
Unless they all shatter. The conceptual warning behind the movie Gravity is becoming a reality, and the universe cheers
Cheezoholic
9 hrs ago
#36
How disruptive is it when people get sent up to the Land of the Midnight Sun?
NBachers
11 hrs ago
#23
Republican bullshit.. If it makes $$$ in short term is all they care about, long term unimportant
WorseDayEver
10 hrs ago
#30
I have a dream of beaming microwaves from outer space onto Mar-A-Lago
struggle4progress
9 hrs ago
#34
Thinking back to when I lived in a very rurual, remote part of Montana and mercury-vapor yard lamps
Attilatheblond
8 hrs ago
#38