China to launch world's-first man-made moon in 2020 to help with urban illuminat
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https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-to-launch-worlds-first-man-made-moon-in-2020-to-help-with-urban-illumination?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&xtor=CS1-10#Echobox=1539927578
Sounds like the death star plans 🤔🤔
Pardon my incredible scepticism.
Read this as "to help with urban illuminati" at first, as the title cut off and this is China we're talking about...
Wouldn't this screw up local wildlife? I know it's targeted toward urban areas, but there are still ecosystems around them
this thing would have to be massive. also, why?
It says in the article that they're aware of the psychological impact and will be running the first tests in the desert.
china's trying to recreate the flat earth lamp, dont believe this article
it's all a plot to stick it to the nasa lizardmen
The location and brightness of the light beam can be changed, and its coverage accuracy can fall within a few dozen metres, he said.
Forget smoking weed in the park and getting spooked by a helicopter searchlight...
suppose you need bright cities so the dystopian facial-recognition tech can do it's job properly
Surely it is just a satellite with a huge mirror? I didn't read anything about it being moon-shaped.
In 1999, Russia tried sending a 25m diameter space mirror, under the
project named Banner, into space. The project aimed to redirect sunlight
onto Russian cities, but the space mirror misfired at launch and the
entire project was soon cancelled due to budget issues, according to the
New York Times.
That's a shame
Well, this is going to fuck with urban bat populations massively.
The location and brightness of the light beam can be changed, and its coverage accuracy can fall within a few dozen metres, he said.
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/109833/9c9ed08a-02cb-4ecd-bf75-9ba83acdfacc/image.png
when has china ever considered local wildlife.
here's a simulation done by the disney corporation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyjJbhuwGkU
Pandas. Sort of. They're useful politically.
Isn't this part of the plot of Die Another Day
Is this also going to turn out to be a big dumb space laser
This is a crazy fucking answer to lighting cities at night.