But a big, shiny mirror for your solar death-ray needs is ... A sheet of PVC with a recessed air fitting forms the platen. The metallized Mylar space blanket, stretched across a wooden frame ...

The big idea: Build and deploy a low-orbit constellation of Mylar "mirrors" that would send sunlight ... which consumes both ...

Recently, a company by former SpaceX employee Ben Nowack – called Reflect Orbital – announced that it is now ready to put gigantic mirrors in space to reflect sunshine at ground-based solar farms.

The same greenhouse gasses that pollute the Earth would be key to warming Mars. The following options ... The question remains how to get such large mirrors into space, so it's likely they would ...

Each satellite will be outfitted with a 33-square-foot reflective Mylar mirror. These mirrors are designed to reflect sunlight down to Earth, targeting solar farms and extending their operational ...