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U.S. approval of giant 'space mirror' satellite alarms astronomers (scientificamerican.com)
10 points by saikatsg 12 days ago
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This is crazy. I imagine a few environmentalists are alarmed as well.

I thought light pollution from WalMart was bad...

they call the mirror EƤrendil, a JRR Tolken reference

which usually means its a project funded by fascists

and sure enough Reflect Orbital has some SpaceX ties