Good to see some push-back on the completely unhinged plan to deploy 'sunlight on demand' reflective satellites (which would allow for companies to flood 5-6 square km of land at night with sunlight), and also Musk's plan to launch 1M AI workload satellites.

Four international scientific societies spanning 2500 members warn these projects could further disrupt human & animal sleep patterns, & cause havoc to oceanic & terrestrial ecosystems.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/05/satellite-mirror-plans-could-disrupt-sleep-and-ecosystems-worldwide-scientists-say

#orbit #space #environment

Satellite mirror plans could disrupt sleep and ecosystems worldwide, scientists say

Letters to US agency raise concerns over tech firm’s plans to use reflective satellites and expand numbers in low Earth orbit

The Guardian
@JulianOliver I can't get my head around how we're suddenly all living in a comic book with eight or ten Lex Luthors?!?!?