A US tech start-up wants to turn night into day. The question is why?

ABC News reports that Reflect Orbital, a U.S. startup, has won initial approval for an ambitious project: positioning thousands of mirrors in orbit to reflect sunlight to Earth's night-side regions. It's an intriguing technical feat, but the business model poses a harder challenge—will anyone actually pay for orbital sunlight?

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