Godlike Productions - Reply to Thread

Users Online Now: 1,556 (Who's On?)	Visitors Today: 41,009
Pageviews Today: 57,686	Threads Today: 12	Posts Today: 266
12:28 AM

REPLY TO THREAD

Subject SpaceX's Starlink Stink: SPACE JUNK and ruining the night sky for astronomers, all for global internet?

User Name

Font color: Font:

In accordance with industry accepted best practices we ask that users limit their copy / paste of copyrighted material to the relevant portions of the article you wish to discuss and no more than 50% of the source material, provide a link back to the original article and provide your original comments / criticism in your post with the article.

Original Message [link to www.forbes.com (secure)]
Starlink is designed to eventually consist of 12,000 satellites, orbiting at altitudes of about 550 kilometers and 1,200 kilometers. SpaceX is one of nine companies known to be working on global space internet, and already concerns have been raised about space junk. Now astronomers too are worried about what the future may hold.

“The potential tragedy of a mega-constellation like Starlink is that for the rest of humanity it changes how the night sky looks,” says Ronald Drimmel from the Turin Astrophysical Observatory in Italy. “Starlink, and other mega constellations, would ruin the sky for everyone on the planet.”

Pictures (click to insert)





\| Next Page >>