They would launch these satellites from a different country. It isn’t difficult to bribe officials.
virtual_human on
Shouldn’t that have been thought about before SpaceX launched 6000 of them?
John_Tacos on
That will definitely stop the other countries launching theirs…
PigeroniPepperoni on
I’ve just started a petition to increase the rate of satellite megaconstellation launches.
Planatus666 on
This is certainly something that’s going to increasingly become a problem in various ways, particularly now that China is entering the field. However, bearing in mind that big corporations and a lot of money is involved (SpaceX and Amazon) good luck regulating them ……. and as for China, there’s probably very little that can be done.
GTFOH. Astronomy from the bottom of an atmosphere when we can do it from orbit is a fools game. These people are standing in the way of better science.
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They would launch these satellites from a different country. It isn’t difficult to bribe officials.
Shouldn’t that have been thought about before SpaceX launched 6000 of them?
That will definitely stop the other countries launching theirs…
I’ve just started a petition to increase the rate of satellite megaconstellation launches.
This is certainly something that’s going to increasingly become a problem in various ways, particularly now that China is entering the field. However, bearing in mind that big corporations and a lot of money is involved (SpaceX and Amazon) good luck regulating them ……. and as for China, there’s probably very little that can be done.
Shameless plug for [my recent article with Scientific American ](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/satellite-mega-constellations-could-jeopardize-ozone-hole-recovery/)on these pollution estimates. Exciting to see such quick action to at least get more eyes on this issue.
GTFOH. Astronomy from the bottom of an atmosphere when we can do it from orbit is a fools game. These people are standing in the way of better science.