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Company's 'Sunlight on Demand' Project Worries New Brunswick Astronomers The recent approval by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of a project to deploy 50,000 space mirrors that would reflect artificial sunlight down to Earth has sent shockwaves through the astronomy community.
Proponents claim this "sunlight on demand" service could provide clean energy and alleviate light pollution, but critics warn it would decimate backyard stargazing and ground based astronomy.