<![CDATA[I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore.]]>I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. It's all so fucking ludicrous.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/3e729649-89a1-4b88-9d10-6d9470e2a56b/i-m-trying-to-rage-write-an-article-about-all-the-completely-awful-useless-polluting-dangerous-shit-that-companies-are-proposing-to-launch-into-orbit-and-i-can-t-even-tell-what-s-fake-and-what-s-real-on-these-fucking-techbro-websites-anymore.RSS for NodeTue, 26 May 2026 12:32:12 GMTTue, 05 May 2026 21:15:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:25:07 GMT]]>@sundogplanets <gestures at Hughes Communications>
<gestures at DirecTV>
<gestures at the vultures at SkyTerra>
<gestures at EchoStar>

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://weird.autos/users/rootwyrm/statuses/116524312679377860https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://weird.autos/users/rootwyrm/statuses/116524312679377860Tue, 05 May 2026 22:25:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:19:32 GMT]]>@sleepy62 @sundogplanets there's also a limit on how much solar power can exist on country like Japan without risking local food production.

In addition out of control climate change might put terrestrial solar plants in risk due to worsening storms and increasing hailstorms.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nemeciii/statuses/116524290707248068https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nemeciii/statuses/116524290707248068Tue, 05 May 2026 22:19:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:16:11 GMT]]>@nemeciii @sundogplanets

We already have have solar power at night in the form of storage and grid interconnections.

My point is it is almost certainly going to be cheaper to build out storage and/or high voltage grid interconnect between sunny and not sunny places than it is to build anything remotely financially viable in space.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/sleepy62/statuses/116524277532398038https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/sleepy62/statuses/116524277532398038Tue, 05 May 2026 22:16:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:12:33 GMT]]>@sundogplanets In the 2010s everybody got a social media account and now there are no more offline humans to focus your onboarding efforts on. These funds have existed for 30 years by growing cloud services. But now it's just the inert bottom of the ocean where there is no more whale carcass left.

So they try to keep the lights on by absorbing whole large infrastructure sectors. It's not that they have anything useful to offer space. It's that space has government money that is useful to them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gal/users/elrohir/statuses/116524263246798793https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gal/users/elrohir/statuses/116524263246798793Tue, 05 May 2026 22:12:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:10:39 GMT]]>@sleepy62 @sundogplanets for starters the business case is on the moon and Mars. Also it enables solar power during night too.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nemeciii/statuses/116524255779612931https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nemeciii/statuses/116524255779612931Tue, 05 May 2026 22:10:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:09:52 GMT]]>@michael_w_busch @sundogplanets

Also ignoring the fact that there is literally no functional market for He3 as a fuel and will not be until a fusion reactor exists that can burn it which there won’t be because no one is working on that because the temperatures required are way too high. Could it work? Maybe, but it’s decades further away than DT or DD fusion.

Anyone dangling the ‘He3 lunar regolith mining’ idea is a huckster looking to part the gullible from their money.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/helvick/statuses/116524252666075825https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/helvick/statuses/116524252666075825Tue, 05 May 2026 22:09:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:09:02 GMT]]>@sundogplanets @Unsightly3055 no, it's not a joke. JAXA had been working on orbital power since the 80's.

https://www.kenkai.jaxa.jp/eng/research/ssps/ssps-index.html

The Japanese OHISAMA will launch in 2026. It'll use microwaves to transport energy.
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16293144

Caltech MAPLE had their microwave model tested a few years ago.
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/in-a-first-caltechs-space-solar-power-demonstrator-wirelessly-transmits-power-in-space

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nemeciii/statuses/116524249425734826https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nemeciii/statuses/116524249425734826Tue, 05 May 2026 22:09:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:06:15 GMT]]>@michael_w_busch @sundogplanets I was going to asked who cracked fusion, which would be the only reason to mine helium-3.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/jappel/statuses/116524238481641915https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/jappel/statuses/116524238481641915Tue, 05 May 2026 22:06:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:04:56 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

I would love to see the business case for something like that. Especially given that we can generate solar electricity so easily right here on the ground.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/sleepy62/statuses/116524233314136945https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/sleepy62/statuses/116524233314136945Tue, 05 May 2026 22:04:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:01:44 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Somebody was doing coke while reading Gerard O’Neill’s HIGH FRONTIER.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/jappel/statuses/116524220679266438https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/jappel/statuses/116524220679266438Tue, 05 May 2026 22:01:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 22:00:49 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Planned obsolescence is rarely not a moneymaker for the planners, and up there was low-earth orbit, minding its own business, not making adolescent-minded billionaires into adolescent-minded trillionaires.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/users/steter/statuses/116524217082560210https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/users/steter/statuses/116524217082560210Tue, 05 May 2026 22:00:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 21:59:05 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Theoretically, at least, microgravity might allow the production of materials that can’t be made in 1G. I’m pretty sure some small-scale feasibility studies have been done but can’t recall any smashing successes. Your point about the economics is dead-on. The material produced is going to have to be incredibly valuable in its application to be worth it. And yes, it’s a 1970s-80s scifi staple.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/jappel/statuses/116524210262659727https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/jappel/statuses/116524210262659727Tue, 05 May 2026 21:59:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 21:55:45 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Like, if you asked most people "what is the primary agency that regulates launching things into orbit", almost no one (who doesn't already know) would guess "the FCC".

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://federate.social/users/mattblaze/statuses/116524197185936154https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://federate.social/users/mattblaze/statuses/116524197185936154Tue, 05 May 2026 21:55:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 21:55:38 GMT]]>@sundogplanets As an environmentalist and hobbyist astronomer, I’m truly baffled by the attitude those companies seem to harbor toward space pollution. It’s just not a concern for them *at all*.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/Sylvhem/statuses/116524196756031985https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/Sylvhem/statuses/116524196756031985Tue, 05 May 2026 21:55:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 21:54:13 GMT]]>@sundogplanets because cheap crap faster and faster has been the latest craze since the 70's.

- Clothes are crap and don't last for years.
- Kitchen blades are crap, if nothing else the plastic handles or the planned obsolescence side paint starts to crack.
- Home appliances don't last for 20 years and don't have 10 year warranty by default.

The list goes on and on.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nemeciii/statuses/116524191183380735https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nemeciii/statuses/116524191183380735Tue, 05 May 2026 21:54:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 21:53:54 GMT]]>Oh. This is orbital enshittification.

Shit.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116524189884832654https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116524189884832654Tue, 05 May 2026 21:53:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 21:53:53 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
🙏🙏🙏 thanks to voice all this out, this topic should raise much more voices and struggles about it. There's so much to do with all the mess being done in this world. Why are we letting multi-billionnaires ruin all our planet and its surroundings and still doing more profit out of pure speculation and debt on our own shoulders?? It's really outrageous that they do it in first hands but why are we so powerless to stop them? Omg, it's so fucked up.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/adalanerd/statuses/116524189824734369https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/adalanerd/statuses/116524189824734369Tue, 05 May 2026 21:53:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 21:52:33 GMT]]>@sundogplanets it seems like all these space ventures live in the same no-man's-land occupied by stuff like Elon Musk's hyperloop or his brain-chip ambitions: it's hard to tell the degree to which they actually hope to achieve anything substantial vs. have some sort of grand tentpole projects always going, pretexts for hoovering up investment dollars

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://seattle.pink/ap/users/115855847980876292/statuses/116524184616055873https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://seattle.pink/ap/users/115855847980876292/statuses/116524184616055873Tue, 05 May 2026 21:52:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 21:52:06 GMT]]>@sundogplanets The FCC's mandate and expertise is in protecting communications, ensuring satellites don't interfere with each other, etc. They have much less expertise in protecting from externalities like the night sky, etc, and it now shows.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://federate.social/users/mattblaze/statuses/116524182810206167https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://federate.social/users/mattblaze/statuses/116524182810206167Tue, 05 May 2026 21:52:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 21:51:51 GMT]]>@camless @sundogplanets Cigarettes are good for pregnant women! It helps keep them calm, and soothes the throat!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mivox.net/users/mivox/statuses/116524181832289572https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mivox.net/users/mivox/statuses/116524181832289572Tue, 05 May 2026 21:51:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 21:51:35 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I'm disappointed that one of the "all satellites everywhere all the time" companies hasn't just thrown a bunch of cheap-ish telescopes into orbit and opened them up to you lot.

But then Elon did promise to end world hunger and when the quote arrived he went very quiet and never paid up. It was only ~$6B IIRC, which even at the time was less than 5% of his wealth.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/moz/statuses/116524180790849353https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/moz/statuses/116524180790849353Tue, 05 May 2026 21:51:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 21:51:15 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Genuinely that’s one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard. 😂

Someday I hope we see serious studies on how having absurd amounts of wealth and influence literally destroys people’s brains.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mivox.net/users/mivox/statuses/116524179505996271https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mivox.net/users/mivox/statuses/116524179505996271Tue, 05 May 2026 21:51:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 21:50:10 GMT]]>@ngaylinn @sundogplanets I miss the good old times where just they were playing with their NFTs.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hannorein/statuses/116524175244526722https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hannorein/statuses/116524175244526722Tue, 05 May 2026 21:50:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm trying to rage-write an article about all the completely awful, useless, polluting, dangerous shit that companies are proposing to launch into orbit and I can't even tell what's fake and what's real on these fucking techbro websites anymore. on Tue, 05 May 2026 21:50:08 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
What bothers me, is that in matters which effect all of mankind, like the millions of satellites Starlink wants to shoot into orbit or what Reflect Orbital is trying to do, nobody but the FCC seems to have a say in this.

Shouldn't such things be regulated by a global organization?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dyrathror/statuses/116524175065153386https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dyrathror/statuses/116524175065153386Tue, 05 May 2026 21:50:08 GMT