Dominik JaniecNov 4
Prof. Sam Lawler

Today's challenge: modify my "billionaires dropping garbage on us from orbit" talk to be informative for farmers who found actually space debris in their fields, while not scaring the crap out of the grade 5 students who are going to come listen too.

(Giving a talk at the Ituna Library this week! I hope lots of people come and ask good questions)

Nov 3 at 1:45pmWeb
Show threadProf. Sam LawlerNov 4
I still did not finish this talk. But I've given versions of this talk so many times that maybe that's fine (though I've never given one specifically for kids...)
Show threadMegan Lynch (she/her)Nov 3
@sundogplanets Good luck!
Show threadlachlan slowly taming rustNov 3

@sundogplanets Screws, and solar panels, thrusters and cables
Heat shields, computers, and batteries (if able)
Once was a satellite, now is a husk
Dropped on livestock by that ass Elon Musk...

(to the tune of 'My favourite things')

Show threadAgyei GyasiNov 3
@lachlan @sundogplanets hahaha TOP TIER 💎
Show threadlachlan slowly taming rustNov 3

@sundogplanets I should be sleeping, but I just nerd sniped myself.

GPS trackers, Military secrets
Frozen surplus O rings left from the launch sequence
What's this, a mirror, were they lighting up dusk?
Dropped by billionaire ass Elon Musk

Show threadlachlan slowly taming rustNov 3

@sundogplanets Let me get to the bridge... then sleep.

When friction bites
When wobbles strike
When it blows to bits
I look at the work
By that ass Elon Musk
And truly realise - it's....

And that's all for me! Good night everyone!

Show threadDeepBlue V7.XNov 3
@sundogplanets Maybe it makes sense to compare to shooting stars/meteorites? I think most people have never found one, but we also really don't want to add to that? Maybe that makes it too soft though.
Show threadGordon J HoltslanderNov 3

@sundogplanets with poor internet and communication infrastructure in small communities offer some advocacy info to change this, outside of “more satellites ..”

https://www.internetsociety.org/

Show threadGordon J HoltslanderNov 3

@sundogplanets New York city's volunteer run NYC Mesh takes advantage of the cities tall buildings to create a "reliable community-owned internet"

Could SK take advantage of its wide and flat to do the same?

https://www.nycmesh.net/

How?
https://wiki.nycmesh.net/books/1-introduction/page/frequently-asked-questions

NYC Mesh

Join our community-owned network

NYC Mesh
Show threadderptronNov 3

@sundogplanets Not sure you should be trying not to scare them. I wouldn't be fear mongery, but this is their world. They need to know what those fast bits are costing them. They'll probably chose the fast bits anyway, but they deserve to know the cost before hand if possible.

If this were the US you'd need to prepare for heartbreak as you realize they just don't give a damn and you can't scare them. This would terrify the few who understood you and were scared. They're already terrified.

Show threadPaul KoenigNov 3
@sundogplanets When it came to talking about meteorite falls, I usually threw in a line about fields being a lot bigger than people.
Show threadrdmNov 4

@sundogplanets

Most 10-11 year olds I know would find it exciting rather than scary!