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Starlink v2 satelites will ruin science. (feddit.org)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] spidermanchild 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Scientists doing science > tech bro nomads cosplaying as explorers but actually just playing fortnite in a van. You're also ignoring the other downsides besides spectral emissions. Read the article I linked.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

Scientists experiencing slight inconveniences while doing, let's face it, not that important of a research < people being stranded off civilization by predatory ISP's, if not lack of any.

For the article, the way I read it, there isn't a problem currently, and it's not clear whether it will pose a problem in the future, but the alarm bells have already been rung and even if it proves to be true, it doesn't sound like something that more tech couldn't solve - just use different materials and coating or whatever. And I don't see how it's specific to starlink - nobody seems to bat an eye about ozone layer when NASA does ISS resupply missions or when China is blowing up satellites on orbit.