• Reflector Orbital (https://www.reflectorbital.com/) is developing large, steerable space mirrors to redirect sunlight into permanently shadowed regions on the Moon and Earth, aiming to provide continuous solar power and illumination for lunar bases or terrestrial disaster zones.

• A Cosmos Magazine article (https://cosmosmagazine.com/news/space-mirrors-reflecting-light-where-the-sun-doesnt-shine/) was shared as background reading on the physics and geopolitics of orbital reflectors, including historical Soviet experiments and modern CubeSat-scale prototypes.

• MIT Technology Review’s new piece (https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/22/1096458/crispr-gene-editing-babies-evolution/) frames germline CRISPR editing as an “evolutionary inflection point,” warning that routine embryo editing could enable covert “gene terrorism” or state-level genomic coercion without consent.

• The 2023 NTI “Benchtop DNA” report (https://www.nti.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NTIBIO_Benchtop-DNA-Report_FINAL.pdf) was circulated; it details how desktop DNA synthesizers and open-source biofoundries lower the barrier for creating novel pathogens, urging automated sequence-screening and hardware kill-switches.

• A follow-up Scientist article (https://www.the-scientist.com/biotechs-bolster-biosecurity-to-safeguard-the-future-of-nucleic-acid-sequencing-72088) highlights emerging industry standards—such as cryptographic provenance tags and cloud-based sequence vetting—that biotech companies are piloting to reconcile open science with dual-use biosecurity concerns.