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People need light to see in cities. This light serves a function. Starlink satellites are emitting unintended and useless EMR that serves no function. It is
by beloch 5d ago
People need light to see in cities. This light serves a function.
Starlink satellites are emitting unintended and useless EMR that serves no function. It is not necessary for the function of these satellites.
This is a money issue. The question you should ask is whether it will cost more for SpaceX to fix their satellites than it will to build radio telescopes (which are not small devices) in space. Personally, I suspect launching radio telescopes into space will not be the cheaper solution.
- throw0101a 4d ago> People need light to see in cities. This light serves a function. Street lights with (full) cutoff will still provide light for people: * https://www.blancocountynightsky.org/guidelines.php https://www.blancocountynightsky.org/guidelines.php * https://highways.dot.gov/safety/other/visibility/fhwa-lighting-handbook-august-2012/5-considerations-concerning-lighting https://highways.dot.gov/safety/other/visibility/fhwa-lighti... * https://www.zgsm-china.com/blog/light-distribution-of-outdoor-luminaire-and-their-applications.html https://www.zgsm-china.com/blog/light-distribution-of-outdoo... In fact it will improve the situations as all the light will be directed down, and so you'll need fewer lumens/lux/candela since half won't be waste going up (saving electricity), less glare on the roads after rain, and folks won't have street light blasting through their windows.