Last month, SpaceX successfully launched 60 500-pound satellites into space. Soon amateur skywatchers started sharing images of those satellites in night skies, igniting an uproar among astronomers who fear that the planned orbiting cluster will wreak havoc on scientific research and trash our view of the cosmos. — The New York Times
“This has the potential to change what a natural sky looks like,” Tyler Nordgren, an astronomer who promotes night skies told The New York Times.
Astronomers and night sky-enthusiasts worry because SpaceX is planning to send potentially thousands of satellites into orbit as part of a new business venture aimed at connecting the entire planet to the internet.
Other technology companies, including Amazon, are also making plans for coming space internet ventures, raising the possibility of a night sky filled with more satellites than visible stars in the very near future.
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From London, New York, Paris, Tokyo? Or Bamako, Suva, Ghadames, Timbuktu?
Considering the issue is IN THE SKY, I would imagine all of the above.
The pollution is of orbit and light.
The words is of order and sense.
not a fat chance
Humanity is now filing the heavens with garbage. I'm guessing the surface of the Earth is near full. We should be proud of our achievements.
Dusk, before the star pop, is the best time to eyeball satellites. They appear as bright points moving fast, then wink out when the fall into Earth's shadow.
the worst is naive left wing cunts supporting this shit
Yeah. That's the worst.
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