Prof. Sam LawlerFeb 11

Reflect Orbital wants to destroy the night sky to deliver "sunlight as a service". SpaceX wants to destroy Low Earth Orbit to launch one million "AI datacentres"

The only way to formally protest these two ideas is to file a comment with the US FCC, which is horribly complicated, but the American Astronomical Society has detailed instructions posted here: https://aas.org/posts/advocacy/2026/02/how-submit-comments-satellite-applications-fcc

Comments due March 6 for SpaceX and March 9 for Reflect Orbital. Write! Write! Write!

Show threadriverFeb 11
@sundogplanets can I share this outside of mastodon?
Show threadProf. Sam LawlerFeb 11
@river yes, share far and wide
Show threadMr.Mark "The Sharpie King"Feb 11
@sundogplanets @river
Happy to share this, do you have any more info about the reflect plan? This sounds as bad as the Russian company that’s planning on running advertisements in space.
Show threadOlsonFeb 11

@markmetz @sundogplanets @river

What?!? Who is gonna see them?

I’m glad I’m old.

Show threadMr.Mark "The Sharpie King"Feb 11
@Olson @sundogplanets @river
The idea is that we all will, and we won’t have a choice.
Show threadJulesceltFeb 11
@markmetz @Olson @sundogplanets @river This! Refelct Orbital did not ask the 8+ billion people living on this rock if we wanted "sunlight as a service". Just typing that makes me want to lol.
Show threadFrank Heijkamp
@julescelt01
A Sunlight Service, ASS.
@markmetz @Olson @sundogplanets @river
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