Post #4246604

2026-07-30 16:37 UTC

Apparently ALL the opposition letters mentioned how 20,000 bright satellites would absolutely destroy astronomy, so that's nice. Ok, well, this section is 100% gaslighting, which I expected. "No no no, radio astronomers, you are overreacting! We will totally not clobber your bands and we magically don't have harmonics or unintended radio emissions, despite not having actually ever built a satellite before. Also we'll use lasers to fix everything. Radio astronomers, shut up."

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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social 2026-07-30 16:40

Ooo actual quote "AAS’s concerns are unfounded" Top-notch gaslighting. Nope the professional astronomers definitely don't know what they're talking about. Ooo it gets better: "Nevertheless, Cowboy Space commits to coordination with National Science Foundation (“NSF”) and will work to mitigate potential impacts on radio astronomy before they arise." We totally don't need to do this because there won't be any problems but we'll talk to NSF about the problems that we totally won't have.

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