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There are already 16,000 satellites in Earth's orbit: How will we manage the next 100,000?
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solo slrpnk.net solo@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-05-18
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Link: https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-satellites-earth-orbit.html
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IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet reddthat.com IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com
Joined: 2026-01-25
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It's looks like flys swarming a rotting carcass.

God bless hell on earth.
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finallymadeanaccount lemmy.world finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-31
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Thanks to greedy fucks like Elon Musk, whole generations are already starting to be denied the view of the night sky that people had for millennia prior.
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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
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finallymadeanaccount wrote:
Thanks to greedy fucks like Elon Musk, whole generations are already starting to be denied the view of the night sky that people had for millennia prior.

I am afraid this isn’t a new thing.
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hoch lemmy.world hoch@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
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finallymadeanaccount wrote:
Thanks to greedy fucks like Elon Musk, whole generations are already starting to be denied the view of the night sky that people had for millennia prior.

I like watching satellites zip across the sky ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
#6 · Quote Reply

There are 29,000 objects in orbit. 15800 tonnes.
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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
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finallymadeanaccount wrote:
Thanks to greedy fucks like Elon Musk, whole generations are already starting to be denied the view of the night sky that people had for millennia prior.

That's electrification, not Musk.
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