Reflect Orbital is saying that 30,000 people have requested that they shine a giant light on them at night (bright enough to be incredibly annoying and screw up ecosystems, but not NEARLY bright enough to do anything useful like power solar panels).
I'm betting we can get >30,000 people who DON'T want Reflect Orbital to shine a giant light on them to fill in this survey for the American Astronomical Society: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYW7dw2oGU0y8wyFu-6lA1_aG8o5CiCPUyw8fVWn5uD8x76A/viewform?usp=header
Prof. Sam Lawler
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2025-08-19 18:01:46 UTC
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