einfach_orangensaft@feddit.de to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agoThe Math would add upfeddit.deimagemessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1469
arrow-up1469imageThe Math would add upfeddit.deeinfach_orangensaft@feddit.de to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square156fedilink
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 months agoThat is 300 ft, not 600-1,200 miles. The Sun puts more energy on a spy satellite than the array could do.
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 months agoThe extra distance from the satellite to the earth and back is negligible. It’s also countered by having thousands of sources vs a single one. It’s why you can be blinded by looking at the sun a mirror still, it’s not like the mirror becomes the new source and the calculation starts again….
minus-squarenuke@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoSome laws were made to be broken 😎
The inverse square law.
in my defense:
That is 300 ft, not 600-1,200 miles.
The Sun puts more energy on a spy satellite than the array could do.
The extra distance from the satellite to the earth and back is negligible. It’s also countered by having thousands of sources vs a single one.
It’s why you can be blinded by looking at the sun a mirror still, it’s not like the mirror becomes the new source and the calculation starts again….
Some laws were made to be broken 😎