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MIRROR: A VERY bad idea

| August 28, 2026 1:00 AM

This does NOT sound good.

Our Federal Communications Commission has granted permission for Reflect Orbital, Inc. to launch a mirror into Earth orbit. This mirror would reflect sunlight at full moon strength onto a 5-kilometer patch of earth and would be steerable to where the light might be needed — for solar farms or search-and-rescue missions and such.

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