Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy(nature.com)

15 pointsby jdnieril y a 7 mois4 comments

Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09759-5

4 comments

Webstiril y a 7 mois

And, you know, this little thing called the Kessler effect. Which, I’m kinda rooting for because it’d crash capitalism overnight and give us a chance to build something new.

az09mugenil y a 7 mois

Kessler syndrome*. For those interested in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

beardywil y a 7 mois

> Kessler effect

New to me, interesting.

positr0nil y a 7 mois

How do you figure that? Capitalism has been chugging along for hundreds of years before artificial satellites existed.