Imagine scrolling your phone at 2 a.m., realizing your room is brighter than a Vegas casino because you impulse-bought “premium moonlight” from a startup that basically yeeted a giant disco ball into orbit. Reflect Orbital promises to beam sunlight after dark like a celestial DoorDash—perfect for late-night gardening, midnight solar charging, or just flexing on your neighbors who still rely on boring old streetlights. Skeptics say it’s vaporware brighter than the mirrors themselves, with zero satellites up yet and astronomers already clutching their telescopes in horror at the coming sky-pollution rave. But hey, if a former SpaceX intern can control sunbeams from an app, who are we to dim their dreams?

Startup Says It’ll Use Huge Space Mirror to Sell Sunlight During Nighttime