Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8時間前A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earthnews.ubc.caexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1434
arrow-up1434external-linkA million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earthnews.ubc.caBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8時間前message-square79fedilink
minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3時間前There are roughly 15,000 total at the moment ? I wonder what that will do to animals and insects lives.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21分前exactly nothing as most animals and insects can’t even see the stars; their sense of vision isn’t good enough for that.
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2時間前is already so bad. i do astro timelapses and it’s all you see anymore. they stand out so much now, if the quantity gets 100x’d it’ll be a nightmare. it will blot out the stars…
minus-squaresome_designer_dude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2時間前There aren’t many animals or insects in low-earth orbit though, thankfully.
minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2時間前Yeah but they use the light to navigate too. They use this planet too.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·57分前I think local illumination is probably going to be more of a problem than reflected light of a satellite.
There are roughly 15,000 total at the moment ? I wonder what that will do to animals and insects lives.
exactly nothing as most animals and insects can’t even see the stars; their sense of vision isn’t good enough for that.
is already so bad. i do astro timelapses and it’s all you see anymore. they stand out so much now, if the quantity gets 100x’d it’ll be a nightmare.
it will blot out the stars…
There aren’t many animals or insects in low-earth orbit though, thankfully.
Yeah but they use the light to navigate too. They use this planet too.
I think local illumination is probably going to be more of a problem than reflected light of a satellite.