China to launch world's first man-made moon in 2020

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China to launch world's first man-made moon in 2020

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https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east- ... lumination

Good or bad for those into astronomy?
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Re: China to launch world's first man-made moon in 2020

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Hopefully cannot be seen from Singapore..
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Re: China to launch world's first man-made moon in 2020

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The thing is this may become mainstream and adapted by other countries including singapore.
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I think this may be considered the "clear and present danger" to astronomical observation/photography:

https://www.space.com/see-spacex-starli ... t-sky.html

If those plans get underway, the night sky as we (and the Humankind) had known may be changed forever
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