Prof. Sam LawlerRE: https://scicomm.xyz/@AstroDave/116760479495145873
AST SpaceMobile makes me want to cry. I truly hate their satellites.
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Lauren Weinstein@sundogplanets Still Post Pending. Quotes are largely useless because of this problem.
Niko@sundogplanets what makes their satellites particularly bad?
@h4kor They are the size of tennis courts, which makes them as bright or brighter than the brightest stars in the sky
@h4kor They have approval to launch 250 of them.
@sundogplanets thanks. Is the last picture the satellite in its deployed shape? It looks super janky.
@h4kor And yeah, that's the prototype, which is much smaller than the ones they're apparently launching today.
Catherine is not complacent@h4kor @sundogplanets one person who has demonstrated a lack of responsibility and is a confessed ketamine user controlling international communications. Add in the satellites destroying the views of the stars , including for astrophysicists , and the rising potential of Kessler Syndrome and yeah, it’s not good.
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