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The Man Who Turned Night Into Day - C C - Jan 20, 2016
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-man-who-turned-night-into-day
EXCERPT: [...] It’s true: Throughout the early 90s, a team of Russian astronomers and engineers were hellbent on literally turning night into day. By shining a giant mirror onto the earth from space, they figured they could bring sunlight to the depths of night, extending the workday, cutting back on lighting costs and allowing laborers to toil longer. If this sounds a bit like the plot of a Bond film, well, it’s that too. The difference is that for a second there, the scientists, led by Vladimir Sergeevich Syromyatnikov, one of the most important astronautical engineers in history, actually pulled it off....
RE: The Man Who Turned Night Into Day - elte - Jan 21, 2016
I was reminded of Thomas Edison and his invention of the incandescent lamp. I wonder how Vladimir Sergeevich Syromyatnikov figured out, if he did, how to keep the light fixed on one spot as the earth and the mirror were whizzing around space.