Earlier someone posted a wired article on this report, which I found to be misconstruing the actual report. So I am posting the report itself, so people can read the report directly.
WasteX: Environmental harms of satellite internet mega-constellations
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It’s sort of like the lag with the aluminum in the upper atmosphere thing. The long term [effects](https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109280) may take 50 years to show up. And, by then, we’ll have built in 50 years of living with those effects even if we decide to act after seeing the effects.
> US PIRG opposes nuclear energy and in 2011 asked the Obama administration to put a halt construction of new nuclear reactors and to suspend re-licensing of some of the existing nuclear fleet. 24
Oh, it’s one of those groups… I wonder if they also oppose golden rice and have a thing for trampling the nazca lines…
edit: oh, no kidding…
> Accordingly, we recommend a moratorium on
> the commercialization of genetically
> engineered foods and crops unless:
> – pirg.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/RaisingRisk2005.pdf
Welp, 2/3 ain’t bad…
Thank you for posting the full article. The Wired version appeared to be focusing on space congestion and not the return from orbit waste that will be generated.
The FCC won’t let me be. Or let me be me, so let me see…
This is a no-brainer. Environmental concerns are crucial, but so is progressing space technology. The UAE, for instance, has made significant strides in this regard, with a supportive environment and numerous opportunities for space professionals.