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James Daly for AFC's avatar

Interesting post and story. Concerning “Space Ethics”, I was just wondering if there's been any discussion surrounding Elon Musk's and SpaceX's capture of low-earth orbit and how his ubiquitous Starlink satellites continue to degrade the night sky to the point where ground-based astronomy is facing an existential threat? Keep up the great work!

I refer you to a recent post of ours here: https://open.substack.com/pub/astronomyforchange/p/just-when-you-thought-it-couldnt?r=292os&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Erika Nesvold's avatar

Are you familiar with the IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference (CPS)? https://cps.iau.org/

That organization grew out of (among other things) the SATCON (https://www.noirlab.edu/public/products/techdocs/techdoc003/) and SATCON2 (https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.4554c01f) workshops, which brought together astronomers (and in SATCON2, other stakeholders) concerned about the impact of satellite megaconstellations on the night sky.

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