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Remember how we fixed a hole in the ozone layer 40 years ago?
StarLink: Hold my beer
“SpaceX's Starlink May Be Keeping the Ozone From Healing, Research Finds”
#space #climate #ozone #starlink
https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-starlink-ozone-healing
SpaceX's Starlink May Be Keeping the Ozone From Healing, Research Finds
SpaceX's growing Starlink megaconstellation could be hindering the Earth's ozone layer from healing itself, researchers find.Victor Tangermann (Futurism)
GUESS WHO IS SENDING BACK DATA FROM ALL FOUR OF ITS OPERATIONAL SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS??
Voyager 1 we love you!
I'm sad to report the death of Ed Stone, the NASA scientist who was the heart & soul of the Voyager program. Spending time with him for my Discover magazine profile was a highlight of my career.
I did my best to capture the experience:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/voyager-the-man-behind-the-mission #science #space #nasa #astronomy
Voyager: The Man Behind the Mission
Ed Stone’s relentless pursuit of the frontier has taken him to the edge of the solar system — and beyond.Corey S Powell (Discover Magazine)
My catch of Io as seen from Earth by LBTO!
Full size & More info: https://flic.kr/p/2pVYYA6
Credits:
Processing: Andrea Luck CC BY
Image data: INAF/LargeBinocularTelescope Observatory/Georgia State University
IRV-band observations by SHARK-VIS@LBT [P.I. F. Pedichini]
North is Up
Time: January 9, 2024
Filters:
I 685-825 nm
R 552-687 nm
V 495-605 nm
Study and more info: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL108609
#Io #Jupiter #Space #Astronomy #Astrodon #Solarocks
Io as seen from Earth! - Large Binocular Telescope Observatory
The volcanic Jupiter's world Io showing off Pele, Loki and Pillan Patera. Special thanks to the SHARK-VIS Team for sharing these data with me so that I could make my own processing! Meet them here sites.google.com/inaf.Flickr
"This Article examines the growing number of soon-to-be-ubiquitous constellations of small satellites and the special problems they pose. It also suggests some legal reforms to combat the dilemmas and temper an otherwise dangerous renewal of an unconstrained and unproductive international race to space."
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/2600/
#Space #SpaceSustainability #Law #Legal #LawReview #Megaconstellations
"Large Constellations of Small Satellites: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly," by David A. Koplow
The most exciting and far-reaching contemporary developments regarding human activities in outer space arise from the recent drastic reductions in the costs of building, launching, and operating satellites, and from the concomitant sudden emergence o…scholarship.law.georgetown.edu