Is China launching a fake moon a bright idea?

[Eldorado]

"There's a fake moon on the rise. A Chinese space contractor recently announced that it plans to launch a satellite designed to unleash artificial moonlight in the year 2020.

"The contraption is intended to act as a streetlight supplement; once in orbit, it'll use reflective material to provide the residents of Chengdu — a city in China's Sichuan province — with extra illumination at nighttime.

"Critics of the project worry about its environmental impact, but advocates say the satellite (and others like it) should reduce electricity costs down on Earth, saving Chengdu's government the equivalent of $173 million per year.

"Of course, that's assuming the device works as advertised. To make sure its deployment goes smoothly, plans have been made to rigorously test the satellite before it lights up any populated areas."

Full article at How Stuff Works: Link

[L.A.T.1961]

Using a focused reflector to direct sunlight back to earth, what could possibly go wrong.  

 

[Buzz_Light_Year]

Maybe it's dual purpose..... LOL

[Grim Reaper 6]

1 hour ago, Eldorado said:

"There's a fake moon on the rise. A Chinese space contractor recently announced that it plans to launch a satellite designed to unleash artificial moonlight in the year 2020.

"The contraption is intended to act as a streetlight supplement; once in orbit, it'll use reflective material to provide the residents of Chengdu — a city in China's Sichuan province — with extra illumination at nighttime.

"Critics of the project worry about its environmental impact, but advocates say the satellite (and others like it) should reduce electricity costs down on Earth, saving Chengdu's government the equivalent of $173 million per year.

"Of course, that's assuming the device works as advertised. To make sure its deployment goes smoothly, plans have been made to rigorously test the satellite before it lights up any populated areas."

Full article at How Stuff Works: Link

Depending upon the intensity of the focused light, it could be used as weapon. Weapons of this type have been discussed in the past.

Peace

[Waspie_Dwarf]

2 hours ago, Eldorado said:

"There's a fake moon on the rise. A Chinese space contractor recently announced that it plans to launch a satellite designed to unleash artificial moonlight in the year 2020.

This is not a new idea. Russia briefly experimented with the concept back in the 1990s, with Znamya satellites, see here: How a Russian Space Mirror Briefly Lit Up the Night

 

[spartan max2]

Why in the world do we need it so illuminated at night ? Lol

[+and-then]

3 hours ago, spartan max2 said:

Why in the world do we need it so illuminated at night ? Lol

So all those CCTV cams can be effective  

[xYlvax]

Yeah, we should trust this after they released covid 19 on us

[Jon the frog]

On 4/12/2020 at 2:56 PM, Eldorado said:

"There's a fake moon on the rise. A Chinese space contractor recently announced that it plans to launch a satellite designed to unleash artificial moonlight in the year 2020.

"The contraption is intended to act as a streetlight supplement; once in orbit, it'll use reflective material to provide the residents of Chengdu — a city in China's Sichuan province — with extra illumination at nighttime.

"Critics of the project worry about its environmental impact, but advocates say the satellite (and others like it) should reduce electricity costs down on Earth, saving Chengdu's government the equivalent of $173 million per year.

"Of course, that's assuming the device works as advertised. To make sure its deployment goes smoothly, plans have been made to rigorously test the satellite before it lights up any populated areas."

Full article at How Stuff Works: Link

The problem is with animals... some of them use the moon for migration and behavior change with the moon cycle.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moon-animals-light-behavior-lunar-phases

But it's not going far enough... Jaxa want to do a solar plant in orbit and beam the energy down in the form of microwave...

https://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/solar/how-japan-plans-to-build-an-orbital-solar-farm

Edited April 14, 2020 by Jon the frog