Chinese man-made moons!

Started by jomni, October 19, 2018, 04:05:12 AM

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Pete Dero

I hope they fail :tickedoff:  >:(.

There is already more than enough light pollution without this idiotic plan !

I can't go further without the RPFW forum but news like this makes me furious  :pullhair:.


JasonPratt

Could be worse. Could be the North Koreans, pretending to be British...




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Steelgrave

That's no moon....now where have I heard this before???


DoctorQuest

This sounds like a job for.....

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OJsDad

Hopefully they dont fry one of their cities.
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Sir Slash

So the sun will never set on the new Chinese Empire? Fine by me, just keep all that light over there. Some of us like it dark at night.
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Pete Dero

Quote from: Sir Slash on October 19, 2018, 10:27:25 AM
Some of us like it dark at night.

One of my hobbies is astronomy so this is why stuff like this angers me a lot.

My country is already ruined with light pollution.  My grand mother thinks the Milky Way is gone because 'she could see it before and now it is not there anymore' (the only benefit of German occupation in WWII was the sky at night because of the blackout).
From my location (15 km from Brussels - just find the brightest spot on the picture below) I've never seen it !!  And now they even want to flood it with more light from above  :hide:.


JasonPratt

...is this going to be one of their wacky territorial justifications? Like, anywhere the government supplies public lighting for free, they legally claim as their territory?  :o
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OJsDad

Quote from: Pete Dero on October 19, 2018, 10:39:09 AM
Quote from: Sir Slash on October 19, 2018, 10:27:25 AM
Some of us like it dark at night.

One of my hobbies is astronomy so this is why stuff like this angers me a lot.

My country is already ruined with light pollution.  My grand mother thinks the Milky Way is gone because 'she could see it before and now it is not there anymore' (the only benefit of German occupation in WWII was the sky at night because of the blackout).
From my location (15 km from Brussels - just find the brightest spot on the picture below) I've never seen it !!  And now they even want to flood it with more light from above  :hide:.



Europe has a long ways to go to catchup with the US, or at least he eastern half of the US. 

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Sir Slash

Maybe they're trying to keep us from seeing what( the Govt's) are doing out there.  :o :o :o
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Pete Dero

Quote from: Sir Slash on October 19, 2018, 12:23:04 PM
Maybe they're trying to keep us from seeing what( the Govt's) are doing out there.  :o :o :o

It can't be worse than what they do down here.

W8taminute

I think this is an excellent idea.  China can assert it's power over the rest of the world by threatening to shine the light of doom on anyone who resists unless they're willing to pay....

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SirAndrewD

As an amateur backyard astronomer I seriously hope this never takes off in the US. 

I love the stars at night.  I have a hard enough time seeing anything with the light pollution as it is.
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Sir Slash

I bet if we could get Kim Kardashian's big ass up in space we could out do them. Don't know if there's a rocket with enough lift capacity yet though.
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