Prof. Sam Lawler6h ago

FCC reply comments are due by 5pm EDT Monday 30 March on Reflect Orbital. If you wrote in a comment, please please please write in again saying that they did not address your concerns in their letter (which is very hard to find in the FCC dumpster-fire-of-a-website). Instructions here: https://aas.org/posts/advocacy/2026/02/how-submit-comments-satellite-applications-fcc

The most horrifying part in their "consolidated reply": they agree that they could in fact cause permanent eye damage to people using medium-sized telescopes. WILD.

Show threadProf. Sam Lawler6h ago

Any journalists want to write about this? Or anyone know how to figure out who insures Reflect Orbital? Reflect Orbital will cause eye damage to people using telescopes, as astronomers have previously calculated, and they openly admitted it in their reply.

(There is a whole slew of absolutely devastating ecological damage they will also cause, but I'm focusing on this one for now because it's so shocking)

Show threadDon Ray

@sundogplanets

Just a general question for anyone:

Why are other countries letting the US decide what happens in the sky over their country? Why does it all depend on one corrupt, anti-science government?

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Show threadWaps6h ago
@donray @sundogplanets cause it has the football suitcase amongst other toys. Simple as this.