#sunlightasaservice — Public Fediverse posts
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What happens to human vision when space mirror constellations illuminate the night sky? A new paper by CSE's own @salvabara breaks down the optical safety risks of orbital reflectors.
Read the full preprint on Zenodo:
https://zenodo.org/records/22680934#SpaceSustainability #SpaceMirrors #LightPollution #Optics #EyeSafety #SunlightAsAService #ReflectOrbital
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What happens to human vision when space mirror constellations illuminate the night sky? A new paper by CSE's own @salvabara breaks down the optical safety risks of orbital reflectors.
Read the full preprint on Zenodo:
https://zenodo.org/records/22680934#SpaceSustainability #SpaceMirrors #LightPollution #Optics #EyeSafety #SunlightAsAService #ReflectOrbital
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What happens to human vision when space mirror constellations illuminate the night sky? A new paper by CSE's own @salvabara breaks down the optical safety risks of orbital reflectors.
Read the full preprint on Zenodo:
https://zenodo.org/records/22680934#SpaceSustainability #SpaceMirrors #LightPollution #Optics #EyeSafety #SunlightAsAService #ReflectOrbital
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What happens to human vision when space mirror constellations illuminate the night sky? A new paper by CSE's own @salvabara breaks down the optical safety risks of orbital reflectors.
Read the full preprint on Zenodo:
https://zenodo.org/records/22680934#SpaceSustainability #SpaceMirrors #LightPollution #Optics #EyeSafety #SunlightAsAService #ReflectOrbital
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What happens to human vision when space mirror constellations illuminate the night sky? A new paper by CSE's own @salvabara breaks down the optical safety risks of orbital reflectors.
Read the full preprint on Zenodo:
https://zenodo.org/records/22680934#SpaceSustainability #SpaceMirrors #LightPollution #Optics #EyeSafety #SunlightAsAService #ReflectOrbital
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"Each of the sun-reflecting mirrors proposed by U.S.-based startup Reflect Orbital will appear 40 times brighter than the full moon to observers standing within its beam on Earth, a study has found. The light pollution produced by each of those mirrors would completely wipe out stars from the sky for those underneath them, turning the starry night into an eerie twilight zone."
#Space #SpaceEnvironment #SunlightAsAService #ReflectOrbital
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"Each of the sun-reflecting mirrors proposed by U.S.-based startup Reflect Orbital will appear 40 times brighter than the full moon to observers standing within its beam on Earth, a study has found. The light pollution produced by each of those mirrors would completely wipe out stars from the sky for those underneath them, turning the starry night into an eerie twilight zone."
#Space #SpaceEnvironment #SunlightAsAService #ReflectOrbital
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"Each of the sun-reflecting mirrors proposed by U.S.-based startup Reflect Orbital will appear 40 times brighter than the full moon to observers standing within its beam on Earth, a study has found. The light pollution produced by each of those mirrors would completely wipe out stars from the sky for those underneath them, turning the starry night into an eerie twilight zone."
#Space #SpaceEnvironment #SunlightAsAService #ReflectOrbital
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"Each of the sun-reflecting mirrors proposed by U.S.-based startup Reflect Orbital will appear 40 times brighter than the full moon to observers standing within its beam on Earth, a study has found. The light pollution produced by each of those mirrors would completely wipe out stars from the sky for those underneath them, turning the starry night into an eerie twilight zone."
#Space #SpaceEnvironment #SunlightAsAService #ReflectOrbital
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"Each of the sun-reflecting mirrors proposed by U.S.-based startup Reflect Orbital will appear 40 times brighter than the full moon to observers standing within its beam on Earth, a study has found. The light pollution produced by each of those mirrors would completely wipe out stars from the sky for those underneath them, turning the starry night into an eerie twilight zone."
#Space #SpaceEnvironment #SunlightAsAService #ReflectOrbital
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"More clean, renewable energy and help during a crisis — what’s not to like? If you ask astronomers, there are plenty of concerns. The satellite will be strikingly bright. The consequences range from disrupting scientific observations to concerns over the safety of the public, including the potential for permanent eye damage for anyone unlucky enough to be using a telescope in the wrong place at the wrong time."
https://www.theverge.com/science/976977/space-mirror-reflect-orbital-fcc-solar-eye-damage
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"More clean, renewable energy and help during a crisis — what’s not to like? If you ask astronomers, there are plenty of concerns. The satellite will be strikingly bright. The consequences range from disrupting scientific observations to concerns over the safety of the public, including the potential for permanent eye damage for anyone unlucky enough to be using a telescope in the wrong place at the wrong time."
https://www.theverge.com/science/976977/space-mirror-reflect-orbital-fcc-solar-eye-damage
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"More clean, renewable energy and help during a crisis — what’s not to like? If you ask astronomers, there are plenty of concerns. The satellite will be strikingly bright. The consequences range from disrupting scientific observations to concerns over the safety of the public, including the potential for permanent eye damage for anyone unlucky enough to be using a telescope in the wrong place at the wrong time."
https://www.theverge.com/science/976977/space-mirror-reflect-orbital-fcc-solar-eye-damage
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"More clean, renewable energy and help during a crisis — what’s not to like? If you ask astronomers, there are plenty of concerns. The satellite will be strikingly bright. The consequences range from disrupting scientific observations to concerns over the safety of the public, including the potential for permanent eye damage for anyone unlucky enough to be using a telescope in the wrong place at the wrong time."
https://www.theverge.com/science/976977/space-mirror-reflect-orbital-fcc-solar-eye-damage
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"More clean, renewable energy and help during a crisis — what’s not to like? If you ask astronomers, there are plenty of concerns. The satellite will be strikingly bright. The consequences range from disrupting scientific observations to concerns over the safety of the public, including the potential for permanent eye damage for anyone unlucky enough to be using a telescope in the wrong place at the wrong time."
https://www.theverge.com/science/976977/space-mirror-reflect-orbital-fcc-solar-eye-damage
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"Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday asking the Federal Communications Commission to reverse approval of a startup’s plan to beam on-demand sunlight from #space to Earth, arguing the agency ignored the project’s potential impacts on wildlife, astronomy research and eye safety."
#Satellites #SpacePolicy #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #FCC
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"Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday asking the Federal Communications Commission to reverse approval of a startup’s plan to beam on-demand sunlight from #space to Earth, arguing the agency ignored the project’s potential impacts on wildlife, astronomy research and eye safety."
#Satellites #SpacePolicy #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #FCC
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"Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday asking the Federal Communications Commission to reverse approval of a startup’s plan to beam on-demand sunlight from #space to Earth, arguing the agency ignored the project’s potential impacts on wildlife, astronomy research and eye safety."
#Satellites #SpacePolicy #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #FCC
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"Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday asking the Federal Communications Commission to reverse approval of a startup’s plan to beam on-demand sunlight from #space to Earth, arguing the agency ignored the project’s potential impacts on wildlife, astronomy research and eye safety."
#Satellites #SpacePolicy #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #FCC
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"Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday asking the Federal Communications Commission to reverse approval of a startup’s plan to beam on-demand sunlight from #space to Earth, arguing the agency ignored the project’s potential impacts on wildlife, astronomy research and eye safety."
#Satellites #SpacePolicy #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #FCC
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"'They're saying we want to launch 50,000 mirrors by 2035,' Benvenuti said. 'That would be catastrophic for astronomy, that is clear.'"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/reflect-orbital-approval-fcc-9.7287535
#Astronomy #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #FCC #SpacePolicy
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"'They're saying we want to launch 50,000 mirrors by 2035,' Benvenuti said. 'That would be catastrophic for astronomy, that is clear.'"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/reflect-orbital-approval-fcc-9.7287535
#Astronomy #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #FCC #SpacePolicy
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"'They're saying we want to launch 50,000 mirrors by 2035,' Benvenuti said. 'That would be catastrophic for astronomy, that is clear.'"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/reflect-orbital-approval-fcc-9.7287535
#Astronomy #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #FCC #SpacePolicy
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"'They're saying we want to launch 50,000 mirrors by 2035,' Benvenuti said. 'That would be catastrophic for astronomy, that is clear.'"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/reflect-orbital-approval-fcc-9.7287535
#Astronomy #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #FCC #SpacePolicy
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"'They're saying we want to launch 50,000 mirrors by 2035,' Benvenuti said. 'That would be catastrophic for astronomy, that is clear.'"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/reflect-orbital-approval-fcc-9.7287535
#Astronomy #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #FCC #SpacePolicy
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"#ReflectOrbital faces staunch opposition from many in the scientific community — including astronomers and scientists who told @MoneyWise that the satellites could cause harm to life on Earth, pollute the night sky and pose, as Dr. Travis Longcore, co-chair of UCLA’s Environmental Science and Engineering Program, contended, 'an existential threat to optical astronomy.'"
https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/fcc-reflect-orbital-space-mirrors-sunlight-satellites
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"#ReflectOrbital faces staunch opposition from many in the scientific community — including astronomers and scientists who told @MoneyWise that the satellites could cause harm to life on Earth, pollute the night sky and pose, as Dr. Travis Longcore, co-chair of UCLA’s Environmental Science and Engineering Program, contended, 'an existential threat to optical astronomy.'"
https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/fcc-reflect-orbital-space-mirrors-sunlight-satellites
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"#ReflectOrbital faces staunch opposition from many in the scientific community — including astronomers and scientists who told @MoneyWise that the satellites could cause harm to life on Earth, pollute the night sky and pose, as Dr. Travis Longcore, co-chair of UCLA’s Environmental Science and Engineering Program, contended, 'an existential threat to optical astronomy.'"
https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/fcc-reflect-orbital-space-mirrors-sunlight-satellites
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"#ReflectOrbital faces staunch opposition from many in the scientific community — including astronomers and scientists who told @MoneyWise that the satellites could cause harm to life on Earth, pollute the night sky and pose, as Dr. Travis Longcore, co-chair of UCLA’s Environmental Science and Engineering Program, contended, 'an existential threat to optical astronomy.'"
https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/fcc-reflect-orbital-space-mirrors-sunlight-satellites
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"#ReflectOrbital faces staunch opposition from many in the scientific community — including astronomers and scientists who told @MoneyWise that the satellites could cause harm to life on Earth, pollute the night sky and pose, as Dr. Travis Longcore, co-chair of UCLA’s Environmental Science and Engineering Program, contended, 'an existential threat to optical astronomy.'"
https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/fcc-reflect-orbital-space-mirrors-sunlight-satellites
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"In Genesis, God said, 'Let there be light,' and then saw that 'the light was good.' Later this year, a satellite company called Reflect Orbital will attempt a similar miracle of illumination. Will it deliver too much of a good thing?"
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/goodbye-darkness-my-old-friend-5e54cdbf
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"In Genesis, God said, 'Let there be light,' and then saw that 'the light was good.' Later this year, a satellite company called Reflect Orbital will attempt a similar miracle of illumination. Will it deliver too much of a good thing?"
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/goodbye-darkness-my-old-friend-5e54cdbf
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"In Genesis, God said, 'Let there be light,' and then saw that 'the light was good.' Later this year, a satellite company called Reflect Orbital will attempt a similar miracle of illumination. Will it deliver too much of a good thing?"
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/goodbye-darkness-my-old-friend-5e54cdbf
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"In Genesis, God said, 'Let there be light,' and then saw that 'the light was good.' Later this year, a satellite company called Reflect Orbital will attempt a similar miracle of illumination. Will it deliver too much of a good thing?"
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/goodbye-darkness-my-old-friend-5e54cdbf
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"In Genesis, God said, 'Let there be light,' and then saw that 'the light was good.' Later this year, a satellite company called Reflect Orbital will attempt a similar miracle of illumination. Will it deliver too much of a good thing?"
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/goodbye-darkness-my-old-friend-5e54cdbf
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"Telescopes for amateur astronomers already come with a warning to avoid looking at the Sun. Now they will need another one for Reflect Orbital satellites." (via @skyandtelescope)
#Satellites #SpaceEnvironment #SunlightAsAService #Astronomy
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"Telescopes for amateur astronomers already come with a warning to avoid looking at the Sun. Now they will need another one for Reflect Orbital satellites." (via @skyandtelescope)
#Satellites #SpaceEnvironment #SunlightAsAService #Astronomy
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"Telescopes for amateur astronomers already come with a warning to avoid looking at the Sun. Now they will need another one for Reflect Orbital satellites." (via @skyandtelescope)
#Satellites #SpaceEnvironment #SunlightAsAService #Astronomy
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"Telescopes for amateur astronomers already come with a warning to avoid looking at the Sun. Now they will need another one for Reflect Orbital satellites." (via @skyandtelescope)
#Satellites #SpaceEnvironment #SunlightAsAService #Astronomy
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"Telescopes for amateur astronomers already come with a warning to avoid looking at the Sun. Now they will need another one for Reflect Orbital satellites." (via @skyandtelescope)
#Satellites #SpaceEnvironment #SunlightAsAService #Astronomy
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"To approve [the Reflect Orbital #FCC application], after so many people, and so many experts like the ecologists, and scientific groups like the American Astronomical Society told you not to? It sure sounds arbitrary and capricious to me, and perhaps in this, when future litigation digs into that record, we might also find the kernel of its undoing."
https://joshuasokol.substack.com/p/diamonds-are-forever-forever-forever
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"To approve [the Reflect Orbital #FCC application], after so many people, and so many experts like the ecologists, and scientific groups like the American Astronomical Society told you not to? It sure sounds arbitrary and capricious to me, and perhaps in this, when future litigation digs into that record, we might also find the kernel of its undoing."
https://joshuasokol.substack.com/p/diamonds-are-forever-forever-forever
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"To approve [the Reflect Orbital #FCC application], after so many people, and so many experts like the ecologists, and scientific groups like the American Astronomical Society told you not to? It sure sounds arbitrary and capricious to me, and perhaps in this, when future litigation digs into that record, we might also find the kernel of its undoing."
https://joshuasokol.substack.com/p/diamonds-are-forever-forever-forever
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"To approve [the Reflect Orbital #FCC application], after so many people, and so many experts like the ecologists, and scientific groups like the American Astronomical Society told you not to? It sure sounds arbitrary and capricious to me, and perhaps in this, when future litigation digs into that record, we might also find the kernel of its undoing."
https://joshuasokol.substack.com/p/diamonds-are-forever-forever-forever
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"To approve [the Reflect Orbital #FCC application], after so many people, and so many experts like the ecologists, and scientific groups like the American Astronomical Society told you not to? It sure sounds arbitrary and capricious to me, and perhaps in this, when future litigation digs into that record, we might also find the kernel of its undoing."
https://joshuasokol.substack.com/p/diamonds-are-forever-forever-forever
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"WIRED wrote about Reflect Orbital's giant mirror in September 2024, when the project was still in its early stages: 'The ambitious goal of the Santa Monica, California–based startup is to ensure a continuous supply of light for large solar panel installations.' Two years later, the Trump administration has given the green light to this provider of 'on-demand' sunlight."
https://www.wired.com/story/reflect-orbital-earendil-mirror-satellite-fcc/
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"WIRED wrote about Reflect Orbital's giant mirror in September 2024, when the project was still in its early stages: 'The ambitious goal of the Santa Monica, California–based startup is to ensure a continuous supply of light for large solar panel installations.' Two years later, the Trump administration has given the green light to this provider of 'on-demand' sunlight."
https://www.wired.com/story/reflect-orbital-earendil-mirror-satellite-fcc/
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"WIRED wrote about Reflect Orbital's giant mirror in September 2024, when the project was still in its early stages: 'The ambitious goal of the Santa Monica, California–based startup is to ensure a continuous supply of light for large solar panel installations.' Two years later, the Trump administration has given the green light to this provider of 'on-demand' sunlight."
https://www.wired.com/story/reflect-orbital-earendil-mirror-satellite-fcc/
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"WIRED wrote about Reflect Orbital's giant mirror in September 2024, when the project was still in its early stages: 'The ambitious goal of the Santa Monica, California–based startup is to ensure a continuous supply of light for large solar panel installations.' Two years later, the Trump administration has given the green light to this provider of 'on-demand' sunlight."
https://www.wired.com/story/reflect-orbital-earendil-mirror-satellite-fcc/
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"WIRED wrote about Reflect Orbital's giant mirror in September 2024, when the project was still in its early stages: 'The ambitious goal of the Santa Monica, California–based startup is to ensure a continuous supply of light for large solar panel installations.' Two years later, the Trump administration has given the green light to this provider of 'on-demand' sunlight."
https://www.wired.com/story/reflect-orbital-earendil-mirror-satellite-fcc/
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As a regulatory agency, what do you do if you're unsure whether you have the statutory authority to approve some action?
If you're the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, you approve it anyway.
#Satellites #Space #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #UnitedStates
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As a regulatory agency, what do you do if you're unsure whether you have the statutory authority to approve some action?
If you're the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, you approve it anyway.
#Satellites #Space #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #UnitedStates
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As a regulatory agency, what do you do if you're unsure whether you have the statutory authority to approve some action?
If you're the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, you approve it anyway.
#Satellites #Space #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #UnitedStates
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As a regulatory agency, what do you do if you're unsure whether you have the statutory authority to approve some action?
If you're the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, you approve it anyway.
#Satellites #Space #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #UnitedStates
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As a regulatory agency, what do you do if you're unsure whether you have the statutory authority to approve some action?
If you're the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, you approve it anyway.
#Satellites #Space #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #UnitedStates
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"'These proposals would not only have a disastrous impact on the science of #astronomy, they would also hinder the right of everybody on Earth to enjoy the night sky. That is unacceptable.
"The stars above us are a valued part of human heritage – deploying more than one million exceptionally bright #satellites would utterly destroy this and permanently scar the natural landscape.'"
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"'These proposals would not only have a disastrous impact on the science of #astronomy, they would also hinder the right of everybody on Earth to enjoy the night sky. That is unacceptable.
"The stars above us are a valued part of human heritage – deploying more than one million exceptionally bright #satellites would utterly destroy this and permanently scar the natural landscape.'"
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"'These proposals would not only have a disastrous impact on the science of #astronomy, they would also hinder the right of everybody on Earth to enjoy the night sky. That is unacceptable.
"The stars above us are a valued part of human heritage – deploying more than one million exceptionally bright #satellites would utterly destroy this and permanently scar the natural landscape.'"
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"'These proposals would not only have a disastrous impact on the science of #astronomy, they would also hinder the right of everybody on Earth to enjoy the night sky. That is unacceptable.
"The stars above us are a valued part of human heritage – deploying more than one million exceptionally bright #satellites would utterly destroy this and permanently scar the natural landscape.'"
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"'These proposals would not only have a disastrous impact on the science of #astronomy, they would also hinder the right of everybody on Earth to enjoy the night sky. That is unacceptable.
"The stars above us are a valued part of human heritage – deploying more than one million exceptionally bright #satellites would utterly destroy this and permanently scar the natural landscape.'"