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A decayed satellite doesn't just disappear though. There's particulate pollution from it burning up, not to mention the pollution from rocket launches. There's
by goda90 2y ago
A decayed satellite doesn't just disappear though. There's particulate pollution from it burning up, not to mention the pollution from rocket launches.
There's also the light pollution that the astronomy community has been complaining about for years.
- lupusreal 2y agoAh, "unsustainable" meaning it annoys earth-bound astronomers. Cell phones in general must be unsustainable then, since they annoy radio astronomers. Actually, we can sustain this just fine. The public derives virtually zero measurable benifit from astronomy, particularly the sort done from Earth.
- inglor_cz 2y agoFor astronomy, sinking costs of space launches present an opportunity to move the actual telescopes into space, where the atmosphere doesn't stand in the way at all. I read a long description of an astronomer's journey to a prestigious Chilean observatory deep in the desert. He wasn't particularly happy about either the isolation or the bloodsucking bugs that could not be entirely exterminated and carried diseases. Compared to that, remote work on a space-based telescope might be preferable from the human perspective, too.
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- arandomusername 2y agoWhat about the pollution from creating electricity that powers your devices? and manufactures them?