U.S. FCC approves giant space mirror to deliver 'sunlight on demand,' but what are the legal implications?
- Despite hundreds of public comments opposing a giant space mirror that would shine a beam of light roughly five kilometres wide back down to Earth, the U.
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has given it the green light.
- The company building the space mirror, Reflect Orbital, is touting its proposal as "sunlight on demand," which could be used for any number of reasons, it says, such as agriculture, solar farms or for search and rescue.
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- Despite hundreds of public comments opposing a giant space mirror that would shine a beam of light roughly five kilometres wide back down to Earth, the U.
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has given it the green light.
- The company building the space mirror, Reflect Orbital, is touting its proposal as "sunlight on demand," which could be used for any number of reasons, it says, such as agriculture, solar farms or for search and rescue.
Sources: CBC