Unlike Starlink, the B-52 doesn’t interfere with astronomy due to the orbiting fleet being clad in transparent aluminum.

We’re at b52j now, b52x would be 14 variants away. Stardate 53000 is 351 years away.
That’s 25 years per variant average, a lot less than I thought it’d be!

I like how this is the future version of getting a send-off by the USS Constitution

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution

USS Enterprise NCC-1701D

Code name: “The Love Shack”