Prof. Sam LawlerMar 20
WOW what a rollercoaster looking at my email and texts this morning. First piece of context: I am staying in an (incredibly nice) sheep shearer's hut (actually bigger than my house) in the Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve and THIS is what the sunrise looks like right now. Wow.
Show threadProf. Sam LawlerMar 20

I have an email from my collaborator saying he just re-ran the CRASH Clock code, and we are now under 3 days for the first time ever! Good work on bringing us that much closer to Kessler Syndrome, everybody. Special congrats to SpaceX on that one. Hope you take full credit when it starts!

https://outerspaceinstitute.ca/crashclock/ (Website hasn't been updated yet, but here's info on what the CRASH Clock tells us about how close we are to Kessler Syndrome)

CRASH Clock – Outer Space Institute

Show threadProf. Sam LawlerMar 20

I have another email from @planet4589.bsky.social saying that he's already put the brand new proposed AI data center megaconstellation on his website https://planet4589.org/space/con/conlist.html

That's now 3 new AI data center megaconstellations proposed in the last month or so, one of which has a million satellites (thanks, SpaceX. You suck.)

Thanks to many hours from many astronomers, the response to SpaceX's response to AAS's petition to deny is ready for approval, has to be submitted by Monday.

Jonathan's Space Report | Space Statistics

Jonathan McDowell's new homepage

Show threadMichelle Hughes

@sundogplanets @planet4589.bsky.social

If they're going to wreck the sky, they could at least put up some space telescopes as a public service.

Mar 20 at 7:44pmWeb
Show threadProf. Sam LawlerMar 20
@MegaMichelle @planet4589.bsky.social Not a solution... we need ground-based astronomy anyway. https://www.space.com/hubble-images-spoiled-starlink-satellite-steaks
Hubble Space Telescope images increasingly affected by Starlink satellite streaks

Over 5% of recent Hubble Space Telescope images examined in the study contained Starlink satellite trails.

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