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SpaceX Satellites' Effect on Night Sky Can't be Eliminated, Astronomers Say

posted by martyb on Saturday August 29 2020, @02:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the new-normal dept.

Freeman writes:

SpaceX satellites' effect on night sky can't be eliminated, astronomers say:

Broadband satellites being launched by SpaceX and other companies will inevitably have a negative impact on astronomers' ability to observe the night sky, according to a new report by astronomers. There are no mitigation strategies that can completely eliminate the satellites' impact on astronomical observations—other than not launching satellites at all—but the report includes recommendations for how satellite operators can minimize disruption and how observatories can adjust to the changes.

The report released this week is titled, "Impact of Satellite Constellations on Optical Astronomy and Recommendations Toward Mitigations."

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  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday August 29 2020, @03:30PM (4 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Saturday August 29 2020, @03:30PM (#1043753) Journal

    We're too busy funding the military-industrial complex

    Even that is small potatoes...

    "QE-cloud (that’s where central banks ditch all current pretense and simply start buying up the clouds passing over them in the sky..."

    It is a bottomless pit. We stopped counting a long time ago. All part of the insane clown posse (to steal a most fitting term), that still(!) has widespread support.. The event horizon is closer than it appears

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    La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday August 29 2020, @04:39PM (3 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday August 29 2020, @04:39PM (#1043777) Journal
    MIC is bigger because it's real money. Meanwhile a good portion of QE just goes to purchasing imaginary assets or debts, with little impact on the real world. The real problem with QE is that it masks recession signals in the markets, leaving people more poorly prepared for what is to come.

    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday August 29 2020, @04:52PM

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Saturday August 29 2020, @04:52PM (#1043783) Journal

      QE is also a pretext for austerity when they tell us there's no money left for social services or a decent wage to keep up with expenses. Real money is being stolen from our accounts in this fashion. Too bad everybody is arguing over bullshit, can't even agree on the color of the sky any more. Looking at the same thing, one says it was the butler, the other says it was Colonel Mustard

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      La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 29 2020, @07:53PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 29 2020, @07:53PM (#1043917)

      The MIC is less of a problem because that money actually gets spent on something, so a fraction of it actually goes to wages. QE and other such gimmicks are not only a bigger pool but are a pure drain on the economy.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday August 30 2020, @04:02AM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday August 30 2020, @04:02AM (#1044081) Journal

        so a fraction of it actually goes to wages

        In other words, paying an enormous number of people to avoid productive work. I think the MIC is an enormous drain on society and the economy because of stuff like that.