Reply to post: Re: Eight times brighter than the Moon?

Chinese biz baron wants to shove his artificial moon where the sun doesn't shine – literally

jzl

Re: Eight times brighter than the Moon?

Not that I disagree with you in principle about the scale of this thing, it's worth pointing out that the moon is not very reflective. It has an albedo of around 10-15%. A mirror would be closer to 100%.

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