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Prof. Sam Lawler · 6d
Earthjustice submitted an official "Application for review" of the FCC's approval of Reflect Orbital for launch. It's submitted on behalf of DarkSky International, Environment America, Public Employee...
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Reflect Orbital is just such a dangerous, ineffective idea. The list of binding conditions that they put in the Application for Review (see link above) really powerfully shows how dangerous it truly is. I can't believe that any government regulator would say that this is ok to launch, there are SO MANY THINGS that could cause immediate, significant harm to humans, and long term massive environmental damage (and that's ignoring astronomy)
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Carolyn · 6d
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpquw8g8f3g29gw8uxfcj5863rnc783xyk0alqm9mcsx3leut98dausvd2wxk I feel that they are an extension of Musk's spaghetti science. His company is too lazy or uninformed to understand proper modelling & risk management, so rockets blow up, <shrug>, we mad...
Prof. Sam Lawler · 6d
Related, here's an article I got interviewed for about Reflect Orbital and the new Application for Review for NBC national news: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/environmental-groups-challenge-fcc-approval-startups-plan-beam-demand-rcna591041