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I'm surprised this isn't [[Black Hat]]'s operation [[User:RDiMartino|RDiMartino]] ([[User talk:RDiMartino|talk]]) 21:34, 27 March 2026 (UTC)<br />
:He created the company, Cueball is Marketing. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 21:49, 27 March 2026 (UTC)<br />
Space mirrors have been in the news lately. [[Special:Contributions/2603:8081:9700:1224:0:0:0:3|2603:8081:9700:1224:0:0:0:3]] 03:50, 28 March 2026 (UTC)<br />
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As explained in https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/ this wouldn't work anyway since the banner would be moving at 7.8 km/s, or else it would need to be hung from a space-elevator-like counterweight located beyond GSO. If cueball accomplishes THAT kind of feat, I think the astronomers would be more impressed than annoyed. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:590:121B:4001:9505:CE66:9EEB:2974|2A02:590:121B:4001:9505:CE66:9EEB:2974]] 21:42, 28 March 2026 (UTC)</div>2A02:590:121B:4001:9505:CE66:9EEB:2974