Bob Cook <[email protected]> wrote: The mirrors would not be focused at one spot when idle. Also it is a > good idea to reduce global warming by directing the light back into space > instead into the ground. >
Since it is near an airport I think it would be better to aim for the ground. I wonder . . . could you focus them on the parking lot? That would make a good murder mystery. A jealous lover is the programmer in charge of the array. Her boyfriend parks his car, walks toward the building . . . He does not notice the mirrors turning toward him. He vanishes in a puff of smoke. The mirrors swing back. No trace of the program code or activity log is found. Arthur Clarke wrote two short stories along those lines. - Jed
