FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK NOOOOO
@sundogplanets @lisamelton This is some ass hat health influencer extolling the virtues of 24x7 sun exposure isn’t it?
Who the fuck actually wants this?!
@sundogplanets "Single test satellite"
So when it fails, they'll take it down and never try it again ?
So when it fails, they'll take it down and never try it again !
@sundogplanets this is a great video breaking down why this is a bad idea to begin with https://youtu.be/0rF2oZPe_WI?si=YsSg0HaPGlkWyxEh
@sundogplanets They have completely lost their minds! WTF!
"But to expand the technology, Reflect Orbital envisions operating over 50,000 satellites by 2035, effectively surrounding the Earth with a fleet of mirrors."
@sundogplanets
Maybe I’m naive … why can’t we exist in the tempo of our surroundings. We seem to always want things bigger and faster while the natural world just moves along at a steady forward pace…
If it's out of governments' jurisdiction to regulate it, then it's also out of their jurisdiction to protect it.
Who is launching the startup to shoot this thing the fuck out of the sky, and how do I donate to that cause?
@sundogplanets "....even if the Commission had authority to review and condition these operations (which it does not), these harms are unlikely to occur.”
So, the commission didn't review the operations but has concluded that harms are unlikely to occur. Seems legit....
so in summary just a scam
@sundogplanets the fact that these sorts of people steal names from Tolkien's legendarium drives me mad. People go and build the eye of sauron and start calling it by a heroic name
@sundogplanets the math about their offer to intended clients still doesn't math, right? What happens when they go bankrupt?
@sundogplanets Oh... seriously... 🙄 The problems just keeps piling up 😠
@sundogplanets Didn't have Icarus on my bingo card for 2026 😱
@sundogplanets they mean 2 in 1: miror satellite that (with a small bump of a micro meteorite or space junk) will be transformed into a giant random-spinning death-ray from space… yay future!:/