'This is really intolerable': Astronomers protest giant orbiting mirror project and SpaceX's million AI satellites "It's absolutely the destruction of a central part of human heritage."

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#astronomy #SpaceJunk #satellites #Starlink

BREAKING: Here’s another tonight seen in the skies over Michigan at around 9:30pm tonight. This video comes from @fox2detroit.
#meteor #spacejunk

A space junk bestiary: yo-yo de-spin weights Among the oldest pieces of space junk in Earth orbit are de-spin weights from the US series of TIROS weather and TV satellites. I've been no...

Space junk isn't all the same. Here I look at an uncommon type of mission-related debris, the yo-yo de-spin weight.
#SpaceJunk #SpaceHeritage 🧪 🔭 🏺

SpaceX offers details on orbital data center satellites SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed more technical, but not financial, details about his company’s plans to deploy an orbital data center constellation.

#starlink #spacejunk #astronomy #musksucks
Goodbye night skies...
We can't let this crap happen.

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What could possibly go wrong?

(A sidenote: Wouldn't it be ironic if a Kessler Syndrome event involving Elon Musk's Starlink satellites ended up being the reason humans never reach Mars?)

From the ABC:

"Starlink is an internet satellite constellation of about 9,600 small spacecraft in low […]

Got space junk? Portal and Paladin team up to create an orbital trash disposal service Portal Space Systems is partnering with Paladin Space on a commercial service that would round up and dispose of orbital debris.

Got space junk? Portal and Paladin team up to create an orbital trash disposal service #Technology #EmergingTechnologies #Other #SpaceJunk #OrbitalTrash #Sustainability

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A rubbish challenge: how do we dump space junk? – Physics World Katherine Courtney and Alice Gorman talk about the danger of space debris and what we need to do about it

Modern life depends on space-based infrastructure, but there’s a lot of junk orbiting alongside working spacecraft. Katherine Courtney and Alice Gorman talk to Margaret Harris about the danger of space debris – and what we need to do about it.
🧪 @physicsworld.bsky.social #SpaceJunk

Space Junk On the Rise: Cleaning Up Our Act — Melanie R. Meadors Space junk is becoming a huge problem, and it’s only going to get worse.

What the big deal about #spacejunk? I wrote an article about it! www.melaniermeadors.com/blog/space-j...

Tell the rest of the story - to replace or augment the 4-5 falling out of orbit daily & significantly polluting the atmosphere.

Falcon 9 launched yesterday morning from Vandenberg & one is scheduled Monday for the same reason.

#SpaceJunk
#SpacePolluters
#SpaceTrash

From the news coverage available on that day, and the graphic provided by Space.com, it looked like the spacecraft had been flung into space uncontrollably. In point of fact, it had its own on-board propellant, and despite a leak, was able to change its trajectory. Six days into its planned journey, mission control decided to direct the Peregrine spacecraft to burn up in Earth's atmosphere to avoid the creation of space debris in a sensitive orbital space. (Wikipedia) See the previous #instapoetrygram in this series, and its accompanying graphic. Image-top, a 3-line miniature poem, dated early January 2024, with author's name above, accompanied by image-below, an illustration from a news story, also from early January 2024, about an ill-fated lunar exploration journey, with a graphic showing the trajectory of the Peregrine Lander (intended as a Lunar Module), up to 'End of Mission' (labelled in the image). The trajectory describes an arabesque in space. The launch of the Vulcan Centaur spacecraft was a success (depicted in the graphic, including labels for various stages of the launch) as was the second-stage "trans-lunar injection" (TLI), but the Peregrine module failed its space maneuvers, under its own power, shortly after it began its planned 46-day journey to the moon. Img-bottom-left, the logo for Space.com (author of the graphic used). No copyright infringement intended. Fair use only.

An #instapoetrygram written as the craft was still outbound, and looked to be another piece of #spacejunk (The de-orbiting option came later.)
#haiku #SpaceOpera #NightskyPoets #DarkPoetry #SciFaiku
#PeregrineFAIL
#AdAstraAbyssosQue 
#InspiredByCircumstance qv. une pièce de circonstance
#writesky

@beyerstein.bsky.social @skepchick.org This is just #Hubris Not only is it a threat to #DarkSkies, there is now so much #spacejunk orbiting Earth, it could cause set of a chain reaction of destruction.😠

Starlink could make us Earthbound. #SpaceJunk

Send all the billionaires to space. No one cares how. #nasa #spacejunk #problemsolvednextproblem #rockets #economics

So much #Spacejunk

I fear that if we are bombed in the U.S., we'll fail to recognize the bombs because we'll just assume it's more failed Elon Musk #SpaceJunk.
#Neuralink #SpaceX

Space debris at Point Nemo raises ocean impact concerns Since 1971, space agencies have crashed retired spacecraft at Point Nemo, raising concerns about ocean debris and the ISS retirement.

“Some fragments carry paints, fuels, or heavy metals, & their slow breakdown can spread contaminants into nearby currents. Over time the pieces corrode & disperse, but the deep seafloor keeps most of that story out of sight.“ #KesslerSyndrome #SouthPacific #oceans #SpaceJunk

‘Some cracks went straight through’: Chinese astronauts detail the spacecraft failure that left them stuck in orbit – Morning Overview

What the cracks in the Chinese capsule struck by space debris reveal about orbital debris risk, “Some cracks went straight through.” #spacedebris #orbitaldebris #spacejunk
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More Space Junk Is Plummeting to Earth. Earthquake Sensors Can Track It by the Sonic Booms. Scientists are co-opting seismic sensors to detect space debris streaking through the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.

More #SpaceJunk Is Plummeting to #Earth. #EarthquakeSensors Can Track It by the #SonicBooms.

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More Space Junk Is Plummeting to Earth. Seismic Sensors Can Track It by the Sonic Booms. Scientists are co-opting earthquake sensors to detect space junk streaking through the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.

More Space Junk Is Plummeting to Earth. Seismic Sensors Can Track It by the Sonic Booms. #Science #Space #SpaceWeather #SpaceJunk #SeismicSensors #SonicBooms

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#starlink #musk #satellites #spacejunk
Seriously worried if I should give up and sell my telescopes and cameras. This is unacceptable, and tragic. 🙁

What we need is a huge Mega Maid!!! ... #spaceballs #nasa #spacejunk

#starlink #kesslersyndrome #spacejunk #astronomy #elonmusk
The future of amateur and ground based astronomy.

🛰️ When satellites and spent rocket stages break up in our atmosphere they leave a layer of lithium pollution in their wake, say international researchers

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#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #spacejunk

Spacing out be like #undertale #fanart #napstablook #eyestrainart #spacejunk

I mean who could have seen this coming? Elon Musk's SpaceX #Starlink is #SpaceJunk. Musk loves that people can't complain about Starlink being down in real time because they have no Internet service.

Cafe Scientifique Oxford

Tonight Zoe Tenacci of Astroscale comes to talk to the #Oxford #CaféScientifique about how to decongest the near-Earth orbits of the various bits of #spaceJunk now orbiting us.

The #Space Sweepers Cleaning the Orbital Highway

http://www.rowingservice.com/cafescientifique/oxford/ #science #event

Blue Origin Is Coming For SpaceX With Over 5,000 Satellites Launching Sooner Than You'd Think - BGR Blue Origin's plans to launch its 5,000-strong TeraWave satellite constellation by the end of 2027 in order to compete with SpaceX's Starlink internet provider.

#spacejunk #starlink #musksucks #lightpollution #kesslersyndrome
I had 4 telescopes, sold one recently. Not sure if I just give up and sell the rest. The night skies are just getting ruined. Astronomy was really cool while it lasted.
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Elon #Musk Under Fire for #Epstein Links, Grok’s Sexualized #AI Deepfakes & SpaceX-xAI Merger
#ElonMusk #X #Twitter #Technology #BigTech #MeToo #Grok #UsPol #InternationalPolitics #SpaceX #xAI #GlobalPolitics #ChildAbuse #Trump #SpaceJunk #satellite #satellites […]

Scientists Found a Surprising Way to Track Falling Space Junk Earthquake sensors are giving scientists a new way to track space junk as it falls back to Earth.

#Scientists Found a Surprising Way to Track Falling #SpaceJunk

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