FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK NOOOOO
@sundogplanets Reflecting sunlight *back* on an overheating planet. The FCC is trying to kill us, right?
I can only conclude they took a massive bung to approve something which they admit is outside their jurisdiction.
@sundogplanets what the actual fuck.
And tech bros, please stop naming these abominations after Tolkien.
@sundogplanets Hope the EU is going to approve of a plan to shoot those things out of the sky.
@sundogplanets how can a single country unilaterally approve something that will fuck up astronomy research for everyone?
>Earandil-1
Why do all the most fascist projects seem to have Tolkien-stolen names these days? Palandir. Valar Ventures. Etc.
@sundogplanets I'm filing this under J, for 'just because you can do this doesn't mean it's the right thing to do'.
Fucking #TechBros...
Absolutely fucking ridiculous decision 🤦♂️🤔
Let's hope in November the Pumpkin in Chief losses his grip and Brendan Car nitwit, tosser, wanker, bastard cunt is FIRED, and taken to court.
@sundogplanets this is so much of BS fresh out of bad movies that honestly, I could see some states actively wanting to disrupt these one by crashing some of their sattelites into them.
Brendan Carr is an asshole @theverge
@sundogplanets it just seems mad to me that the (very compromised) communications agency of one country make these decisions that affect the whole world. Once again America acting like it's the only thing that exists
@sundogplanets Wasn’t this a plot of James Bond film???
@sundogplanets Is there a point where Kesser's syndrome would be (overall) preferable over continued commercial use of space?