Russian Crowdfunded Satellite May Soon Become Brightest "Star" in the Sky

We may soon look up and see a satellite brighter than the space station and even Venus gliding across the night sky if a Russian crowdfunding effort succeeds. An enthusiastic team of students from Moscow University of Mechanical Engineering are using Boomstarter, the Russian equivalent of Kickstarter, to raise the money needed to build and launch a pyramid-shaped satellite made of highly reflective material they're calling Mayak, Russian for "Beacon". s://.youtube.com/watch?v=OOg6x0fJpa8 Young e...