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Re:Astronomers push for global debate on giant satellite swarms by louis___ on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @11:46AM (#27895185)
So, let's allow to launch a few more satellites in order to set our observatories on the far side of the moon ?!

How much ? Surely having only 1 or 2 would require a planetary consensus, so let's say every country can have one or 2 ?

Or simpler, let's everyone who has enough money to do it ! Yay !

Coming In : "how we came to pollute the far side of the moon"

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Re:Astronomers push for global debate on giant satellite swarms by jerf on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @11:50AM (#27895225)
Light pollution would be easier to deal with if there was no atmosphere smearing it all around.

(Potential repliers please ponder the difference between "easier to deal with" and "trivial".)

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Re:Astronomers push for global debate on giant satellite swarms by UnFleshedOne on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @01:16PM (#27896477)
Nobody lives there, so I fail to see the problem even if the whole surface of the moon gets covered with various constructions Coruscant style...
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