China to launch artificial 'moon' into orbit to light up city

[Pluvious]

We are living in the SciFi Age !!

Officials in Chengdu, a city of 14 million people in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, announced plans to place a satellite in orbit by 2020 capable of reflecting sunlight onto its streets at night, claiming it will be bright enough to entirely replace street lights.

The satellite would use a reflective coating to direct light to illuminate an area on earth of up to 50 square miles, according to Wu Chunfeng, chairman of the city’s Aerospace Science and Technology Microelectronics System Research Institute.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/10/17/china-launch-artificial-moon-orbit-light-city/

A SciFi writer once described an event by a big company to paint their logo upon the lunar landscape. I always thought that was goofy and impossible. But Jeff Bezos could do it today should he so wish !

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

1. They're going to try this in the year 3005 or so...

with mixed results.

[lame54]

2. Is it solar like the real moon?

[elfin]

3. Interesting use of our money through trade and holding our debt. nt