The discussion centers on the theoretical possibility of using a mirror in space to capture images of Earth’s past by reflecting light. It establishes that while light takes time to travel, introducing mirrors can create a slight delay, but this delay is negligible for practical purposes. The consensus is that setting up a mirror in space would not allow for significant historical imaging due to the time required for deployment. Ultimately, the idea of capturing images from the past using mirrors is impractical, as any setup would not yield results beyond the time of launch.
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Unless the mirror is already there, getting it set up will require so much time that you'll not see any farther into the past than when you launched it.atarah said:
Your bathroom mirror will give you a delay of ten nanoseconds or so. that would be a start!atarah said: