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by TrainedMonkey 550 days ago
Astronomers: Starlink constellation solar panels are ruining the astro photography. Reflect Orbital: That sounds like a startup idea! /s

Russians also seemed to think that math could work out, but fumbled on funding and engineering - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Znamya_(satellite)

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I’m pretty sure it is the eternal fate of Russian physicists to have worked out the math, but to not have the funding or engineering to implement a thing, right? So, I guess that fact, at least, doesn’t tell us much of anything.
Eternal fate of Russian physicist is to work it out on home soil, move to USA and help get it built there.