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The largest issue with this whole thing is that it seems super broken that like 0.00001% of the population knows about this going up, yet it's going to affect 1
by rhacker 7y ago
The largest issue with this whole thing is that it seems super broken that like 0.00001% of the population knows about this going up, yet it's going to affect 100% of them in a few years. And still no say in it. I mean we're not even giving other countries a say in it. I hope China decides to shoot them all down when they're over with Covid19.
- natch 7y agoIf you're referring to the impact on astronomy, I'm not sure it will be so bad. These ones that are visible have not yet moved up into their working orbit, and most of them will be coated with an ultra black coating in the future, and they are small, about the size of an office chair. Furthermore their orientation can be changed on demand to adjust their albedo for astronomy experiments. They are self deorbiting at their end of life. They are only visible because of the low orbit and during the few minutes when they are lit up by sunlight shortly after dusk. A few minutes after that, they pass out of the sun's illumination and blink out. And whatever negative effects you seem to think there are (not sure what, the astronomy was just a guess), there are also positives balancing that out. Imagine having cheap internet everywhere. >And still no say in it. The FCC and the ITU have a say. >I hope China decides to shoot them all down That is a less than stellar idea because of the randomly oriented harmful space debris it would create.