SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny.
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@sundogplanets Would astronomy benefit if...no, let me be more realistic, WILL astronomy benefit when the Kessler syndrome finally cascades and minces everything in LEO? SpazX is certainly hastening that day.
@ottomate No. It'll be like a hideous sparkly snow-globe worldwide. Not good for anybody.
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@sundogplanets <very long digital sigh>
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I am feeling seriously depressed about this, and also Reflect Orbital's no doubt similarly infuriating response that's due in a couple of days. I'm not sure what I expected, I guess I'm just not cynical enough to deal with current reality yet. Kessler Syndrome, here we come!!
@sundogplanets It is very disappointing to find out that despite having deep multi-layered cynicism, I'm still not actually cynical enough...
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SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. And now we astronomers and dark sky advocates who are volunteering our time have to do a shitload more work to respond to their non-response. By Friday.
Fuck you, SpaceX.
@sundogplanets or they did it on purpose in hope you don't answer.
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I am feeling seriously depressed about this, and also Reflect Orbital's no doubt similarly infuriating response that's due in a couple of days. I'm not sure what I expected, I guess I'm just not cynical enough to deal with current reality yet. Kessler Syndrome, here we come!!
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social stay strong, Sam! With science we have the power of the formalism!
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I am feeling seriously depressed about this, and also Reflect Orbital's no doubt similarly infuriating response that's due in a couple of days. I'm not sure what I expected, I guess I'm just not cynical enough to deal with current reality yet. Kessler Syndrome, here we come!!
@sundogplanets Kessler Syndrome now features in a near-future dystopian setting that I'm working on, though we don't really see how it impacts the world as a whole—in this setting, the collapse of the United States into smaller confederations has disrupted the availability of broadband, especially since at least one of the Big 4 telecom companies has completely fallen apart. So the internet exists, but people in this region can no longer reach it.
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I am feeling seriously depressed about this, and also Reflect Orbital's no doubt similarly infuriating response that's due in a couple of days. I'm not sure what I expected, I guess I'm just not cynical enough to deal with current reality yet. Kessler Syndrome, here we come!!
The only thing that keeps me slightly optimistic about the SpaceX "plans" is that they want an IPO and have to make Tesla-like claims (=lies) to bolster their claimed future plans.
I mean they somehow have to distract from shelving their Mars plans, and that any investors in SpaceX now also have to buy Grok and Twitter.
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@sundogplanets Kessler Syndrome now features in a near-future dystopian setting that I'm working on, though we don't really see how it impacts the world as a whole—in this setting, the collapse of the United States into smaller confederations has disrupted the availability of broadband, especially since at least one of the Big 4 telecom companies has completely fallen apart. So the internet exists, but people in this region can no longer reach it.
@pandabutter I would read this book!
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@sundogplanets Kessler Syndrome now features in a near-future dystopian setting that I'm working on, though we don't really see how it impacts the world as a whole—in this setting, the collapse of the United States into smaller confederations has disrupted the availability of broadband, especially since at least one of the Big 4 telecom companies has completely fallen apart. So the internet exists, but people in this region can no longer reach it.
@sundogplanets I've been playing around with how that affects things like media availability, when devices are still common but most can't play physical discs. Working blu-ray/DVD players are now worth a lot of money; the people who had media ripping setups are now renting USB sticks with movies on them. We're basically back to sneakernet. Analog-to-digital conversion is particularly prized, because the only copy of a TV show in a 100-mile radius might be somebody's old VHS tape.
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@pandabutter I would read this book!
@sundogplanets I *really* want to write it. The idea of a localized dystopia, and the characters within being unable to know how the rest of the world is getting on—but distantly aware of the possibility that life in other places is still pretty normal, and the world has mostly kept on ticking? That grabs me.
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@sundogplanets I *really* want to write it. The idea of a localized dystopia, and the characters within being unable to know how the rest of the world is getting on—but distantly aware of the possibility that life in other places is still pretty normal, and the world has mostly kept on ticking? That grabs me.
@pandabutter @sundogplanets bookmarking with the hope that someday I’ll go through my bookmarks and find it has been written
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SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. And now we astronomers and dark sky advocates who are volunteering our time have to do a shitload more work to respond to their non-response. By Friday.
Fuck you, SpaceX.
@sundogplanets Pure evil. It makes me so angry
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@sundogplanets I've been playing around with how that affects things like media availability, when devices are still common but most can't play physical discs. Working blu-ray/DVD players are now worth a lot of money; the people who had media ripping setups are now renting USB sticks with movies on them. We're basically back to sneakernet. Analog-to-digital conversion is particularly prized, because the only copy of a TV show in a 100-mile radius might be somebody's old VHS tape.
@pandabutter @sundogplanets IRL, I want SD cards to be the successor to BluRay. We need a way to own the media we pay for, and to access it offline, and SD cards are the best candidate I know of. And I’m pretty sure they could make readonly cards without too much trouble.
(And I want Wikipedia on an SD card)
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SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. And now we astronomers and dark sky advocates who are volunteering our time have to do a shitload more work to respond to their non-response. By Friday.
Fuck you, SpaceX.
@sundogplanets I once had to take a big corp to court (couldn't afford a lawyer, had to do all paperwork myself) and I ended up winning, simply (or also) because the 'big guys' were found in contempt of the court, because they just wouldn't supply proper responses (if any at all) so maybe just maybe their negligence might be of help to you down the track
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SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. And now we astronomers and dark sky advocates who are volunteering our time have to do a shitload more work to respond to their non-response. By Friday.
Fuck you, SpaceX.
@sundogplanets I would venture the guess that the letter was generated by xAI.
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Yesterday I borrowed a book off @astrokiwi.bsky.social's bookshelf written by @annaleen. Feeling slightly homesick for Saskatchewan after a few weeks in New Zealand, I was DELIGHTED to find that the book begins with "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuGGNsE3_8Y and I'm totally going to channel that Saskatchewan pirate energy into the talks, writing, and meetings I have today fighting satellite pollution.
Aaaarrrr, Matey! Get it? Métis?
@sundogplanets @annaleen I know nothing about Saskatchewan, so in my head canon they have pirates on the rivers stealing fertilizer.
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SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. And now we astronomers and dark sky advocates who are volunteering our time have to do a shitload more work to respond to their non-response. By Friday.
Fuck you, SpaceX.
That seems to be a common response to valid questions… Avoid the question with a non-answer.
