This shot was posted on Flickr by Felip1 with the following explanation:
"won't make a long argument of it, but my mind is set firmly that the destruction of the integrity of the night sky for commercial purposes is a form of expropriation of common resources for private and privileged gain, and a kind of vandalism and theft.
This dashed line is a parade of Elonmuskalites across the dark sky a few nights ago. It is very uncommon these days to look at a dark sky and not see many such satellites."
I'll only add that if Musk can own the night sky, there is a pretty good chance he can buy the election as well.
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Update:
Europe In Talks With SpaceX On Tackling Space Junk (reuters.com) 19
Posted at Slashdot
Posted by BeauHD on Friday October 25, 2024 @06:00AM from the growing-problem dept.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters:
The European Space Agency is in talks with SpaceX about the possibility of Elon Musk's space venture joining an international charter designed to reduce a growing swarm of debris in space, Director General Josef Aschbacher told Reuters. The 22-nation agency is spearheading one of several efforts to roll back the mass of space junk swirling round the planet from past missions that poses a risk to active satellites. Aschbacher said 110 countries or entities have joined ESA's Zero Debris charter, which aims to stop any new orbital garbage being generated by 2030.
