I presented at the local planetary journal club this morning about the 3 articles I co-authored for The Conversation in the past weeks about the effects that one million satellites would have on the night sky, the atmosphere, and the orbital environment (spoiler alert: all very very bad)
And one on light pollution that I thought would get published today but might not be out until after the weekend.
So many issues with satellite "pollution"
Teaching future generations there was never a Natural sky and night view
Un obstructed view of the heavens is a birth right for any creature on Earth - I mean that
Huge security risks of constellations if the Muskrat goes out of business
Huge security risks if Muskrat is hacked or there is significant ground operations disruption
Out of control constellations, impact risks
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IMHO it is quite strange that an agency of just one country decides over the sky pollution of the entire world.
We should expand the area in which every country can decide what or who is allowed to fly over it to let's say 1000 miles or 1500 km. Within this range every country should be allowed to destroy every object flying there before this object can cause any harm or generate profit.
Of course the US agency FCC might decide about satellites flying over the USA only.
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