Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "Reflect Orbital: BUSTED!!" video.

  1. I'm not an expert, but I don't think that geosynchronous orbit can be achieved at the poles. I'm not even sure that you could hang a satellite up there long enough to be of any use.
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  2. Solar roadways in Australia in the middle of nowhere could work, but there's so much space there that there's no need to put the solar cells in the roadway. It could theoretically make sense for parking lots, but I don't know that that will ever be worth the effort.
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  3. That's far more likely to be workable at some point. A beam of light being bounced across a couple satellites before being directed at such a facility is at least something that could happen. I doubt that the practical issues with it will be solved before there are better methods of generating renewable power, but it's a lot more reasonable than this is.
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  4. Batman and Robin actually had a proposal for this. It was pretty dumb, but most people were focused on the nipples on the Batsuit. It used several mirrors to direct the light to a telescope. Adding another satellite or two would get around the issue of the rocks. but it also adds a ton of issues. I can't imagine how this would be technically feasible, at any price.
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  5. You do realize that several of them have degrees from the University of Wassup, right?
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  6. It would be more practical to invent high powered light rigs that could be set up in a matter of a few minutes. Which itself has a ton of issues.
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