U.S. approval of giant 'space mirror' satellite alarms astronomers

3 comments

• thecrumb 4 hours ago

  This is crazy. I imagine a few environmentalists are alarmed as well.

  I thought light pollution from WalMart was bad...

• ChrisArchitect 4 hours ago

  [dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48871367

• red-iron-pine 4 hours ago

  they call the mirror Eärendil, a JRR Tolken reference

  which usually means its a project funded by fascists

  and sure enough Reflect Orbital has some SpaceX ties