I read a pretty compelling analysis that this is very, very, bad.
The negative consequences include making it unsafe to look through a telescope at the sky, utterly confusing billions of animals that have evolved for a specific nighttime light cycle, while increasing the likelihood of a Kessler cataclysm that renders orbit unusable for decades.
The positive benefits are nothing: the amount of power this light would provide is entirely negligible to a solar farm.
I read a pretty compelling analysis that this is very, very, bad.
The negative consequences include making it unsafe to look through a telescope at the sky, utterly confusing billions of animals that have evolved for a specific nighttime light cycle, while increasing the likelihood of a Kessler cataclysm that renders orbit unusable for decades.
The positive benefits are nothing: the amount of power this light would provide is entirely negligible to a solar farm.