Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦15h ago
Elon Musk wants to put a million new satellites into space. Meantime, his old ones keep falling out of the sky - and landing on the Canadian prairies! This week, I rose in the Senate to launch my inquiry in the many problems caused by satellite pollution. (With many thanks to @sundogplanets) https://youtu.be/mH-FDPCtiXM?si=zOZV-GPn4qyOVkOf #cdnpoli #Starlink #SpaceX #saskatchewan #Canada
Satellite Inquiry: Falling Space Junk and Skyrocketing Congestion, Pollution and Liability Concerns

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@Paulatics @sundogplanets

The request for approval to launch a million satellites is not so much a request to launch a million satellites as a request for carte blanche for whatever rocket-oriented activities they want to do for the next few decades, without having to ask permission each time.

Apparently they did not give a lot of specific details in their request, that's so they can use the blanket approval for whatever they want.

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@Paulatics @sundogplanets

Any satellite with a computer and data link (ie, any satellite) can fit the description of "data centre".

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