Last time this was in the news, there was another discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20095462 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20095462.

Last time this was in the news, there was another discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20095462 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20095462. User 'twtw asked the following, with no responses: > Why didn't the IAU petition the FCC during the comment period for SpaceX's application? Seems sorta weird to wait for the first launch to express concerns when the application was submitted to the FCC many months ago (and I think I recall an earlier version years ago). I think this is an interesting question. There are a number of commenters criticizing SpaceX's claim that "no one thought of this." I'd be interested in their response to this question. If so many people knew it was going to be a problem, why not raise those concerns to the organization tasked with regulating this stuff?