Steampunk_Prof8h ago
Aral Balkan

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/116274161758622263

“Companies like SpaceX have stated repeatedly that their method is to “move fast and break things.” They are now close to breaking the atmosphere, the night sky and anything on the ground or in space that their satellites and rockets fall on or crash into.

Earth’s orbital space is a finite resource. There is an evolving set of international guidelines for operating in outer space, grounded in a set of high-level international rules. Yet, those rules and guidelines are inadequate.

One corporation based in one country should not be allowed to ruin orbit, the night sky, and the atmosphere for everyone else in the world.”

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Show threadLAUREN11h ago

@aral

One man.

Show threadObinou11h ago
@aral Americans values success and money at all costs, including destruction of commons even for themselves , as long as a happy few get more money.
They don't even care you exists on the dame planet.
They are the only country that still push Oil forward and try to harm other energies, despite the global warming.
Nothing can be expected from those few , just that oil depletion finally put a halt to their greed somehow.
Show threadReinout van Schouwen11h ago
@aral WALL-E was spot on. https://wallethemovie.fandom.com/wiki/Earth?file=Earth_as_seen_in_Wall-e.jpg #walle
Earth

Earth is the planet that housed humans before operation cleanup. Earth is the place that the Earthlings polluted making the Earthlings leave to the axiom ships, leaving WALL-Es to clean up the mess. After a while, all WALL-Es are destroyed except for one. As Buy N Large continued to grow and dominate all industries, they start running out of space to dispose of rubbish. The human population reaches 200 Billion, and there are no places to dispose of rubbish. Buy N Large begins Mission...

Walle The Movie Wiki
Show threadDingo10h ago
@aral
Hubris & greed.
Show threadAM💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿10h ago
@aral how about not sending any rockets into space to save resources???? 😂😅💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Show threadAral Balkan8h ago
@Robbins Aw, don’t think of it as one more rocket launch, think of it as avoiding 1,000,000 rocket launches.
Show threadLucy Weir10h ago
@aral not a fan of The Conversation which won’t support independent academic research but I wrote my PhD about the ecological emergency and what you can do about it and it’s all soft stuff, diplomacy and community engagement, never war or breaking things. They’re schoolchildren who have power and money and never had to slow down or take consequences. Still. I’m living a good life largely by chance though also because I broke rules, not people or things.
Show threadJulian Schwarzenbach9h ago
@aral There is a massive difference when 'breaking things' between a web app/ game failing to work and having to be restarted and changes to the planet that could be irreversible. Sadly, these muppets with planet sized egos generally do not appear to have dealt with large, safety critical systems before
Show threadChristo. London, England5h ago
@aral
Musk is a danger to life on earth
Show threadRaw Cast Labs5h ago
@aral don't worry. More companies are ramping up launches and satellites. You can spread that hate around
Show threadAral Balkan4h ago
@Rawcastlabs *Phew!*