• magiccupcake@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    While it would be cool for it to appear the size of the moon, it is not necessary with a shaped mirror.

    You can keep the same size in a higher orbit, maybe even geosynchronous, then sync the rotation of the mirror to keep it pointing in the same spot on earth.

    Granted a shaped mirror that size would be much harder to put into orbit than a flat mirror.