[geeks] Starshine 3

[Dave McGuire]

On December 7, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > > I seems to me that bouncing strong lasers off of satellites that are for
> > > imaging work with large mirrors is going to damage some of the imaging sensors.
> > 
> > Starshine 3 isn't an imaging satellite.  Its nothing but a sphere covered
> > with mirrors built by different people & some schools.
> 
> Err, what's the point of it?

  Publicity garnered by involving students in a [pseudo] space
research project.

    -Dave

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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL