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Elon Musk Can Fix the Damage His Starlink Satellites Are Causing to Astronomy
- willis936 7y agoA Forbes article describing three ways that money is the solution.
- acqq 7y agoNo. The author writes about his background at the end: "I am a Ph.D. astrophysicist, author, and science communicator, who professes physics and astronomy at various colleges. I have won numerous awards for science writing since 2008 for my blog, Starts With A Bang, including the award for best science blog by the Institute of Physics. My two books, Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive, Beyond the Galaxy: How humanity looked beyond our Milky Way and discovered the entire Universe, are available for purchase at Amazon." And his four points are: "1.) De-orbit the current batch of Starlink satellites, and place a moratorium on the launch of new ones until the proper modifications have been made." "2.) Either redesign or coat the satellites to significantly reduce their reflectivity." "3.) Provide real-time trajectory plans, predictions, and adjustment information for each satellite to observatories worldwide." "4.) Provide funding to assist astronomers in the development of hardware and software-driven solutions to subtracting out as much of the satellite pollution as possible." The elaborations of the current problems and the solutions are in the article.
- z3t4 7y agoJust add a telescope to each satellite, then let the Astronomy community use them for interferometry.