Gosh I have so much work to do... but I'm too angry because the engineer who built the fucking space mirror for Reflect Orbital and then quit openly admits that it won't actually provide solar power and that it's just for "Maybe there's some, you know, grand party in the desert"
But they're still going to launch it. Fuck ecology and sleep patterns, we have to light up a party in the desert from orbit!
FUCK TECHBROS EVERYWHERE.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-07-19/reflect-orbital-wants-to-sell-sunlight-to-earth/106918866
Prof. Sam Lawler
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