U.S. approval of giant 'space mirror' satellite alarms astronomers

[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48871367

This is crazy. I imagine a few environmentalists are alarmed as well.

I thought light pollution from WalMart was bad...

they call the mirror Eärendil, a JRR Tolken reference

which usually means its a project funded by fascists

and sure enough Reflect Orbital has some SpaceX ties