It's... intriguing.
    • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Surely not. Mirrors are incapable of destruction. Why that would be dangerous! You could burn crops or boil away water reserves. Surely no corporation would so irresponsible!

  • don@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Imagine a malicious person constantly aiming the light at at the house of someone they don’t like. Good thing it doesn’t seem to be feasible any time soon.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      2 months ago

      “I want a spot, but I want all of my sunlight focused onto a spot about a centimeter across. I’ll give you the coordinates.”

      • deegeese@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Because the sun is not a point source but a disk half a degree across, you can’t focus the sun tighter than about a 1km spot from a mirror in low earth orbit.

        • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Okay but can we make that 1 km hot enough to burn everything inside of it?

          For science of course.