I remember reading about Vantablack a while ago, in a science article, fascinating stuff, and this is a fascinating maybe symbolic application of it, thanks for posting, and thanks for making me think about it again, in the context of other recent developments.
The most exciting development to me right now is the oncoming revolution of a new solar powered creator economy.
At the front end, are the solar panels facing the sun, swallowing up as much of that energy as possible, is their aim, the same as delivered by vantablack.
Expense is no longer an issue as far as energy is concerned, as it is infinitely available from the sun, for free.
The only question is whether or not its manufacture requires any exotic materials. If not, this looks like the perfect killer application of vantablack, the perfect sun energy collector, surely.
We might see bigger solar infrastructures from space very soon, looking a bit like black holes.
Further, someone should have a word in the Ear of Elon Musk, as this would be a cool coating for his otherwise annoying clouds of Starlink shrapnel satellites, getting in the way of astronomers, we wouldn’t see them much if they were vantablacked out...