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elictronic11 minutes ago

Colter Mccorkindale’s comment is the best part.

“Sooo....the stars at night really are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas?”

solomonneas34 minutes ago

I would never have thought of this, but it is really cool. Living in the city with light pollution, we can see a dozen or so on the best nights.

What an ingenious business idea.

jmward01an hour ago

We need more of this. Thanks for making the world more awesome!

genpfaultan hour ago

Not, in fact, optical interferometry :(

ck2an hour ago

sadly won't be possible for anything serious next decade as each space trillionaire and country launches their own 10,000+ constellations

sky will be constantly twinkling, will be weird

we'll have to switch to space telescopes above LEO

https://satellitemap.space

Retric6 minutes ago

You misunderstand the issue.

Satellites don’t include light sources and there’s nothing to illuminate them when in earth’s shadow.

zippyman55an hour ago

I’m seeking funding to open up a rail gun ranch where you can sit in your lawn chair and blow satellites out of the sky.

tedd4u44 minutes ago

Probably legal in Texas? If it's directly over "your land?"

dylan6046 minutes ago

If your application says it is meant to hunt feral hogs, then they will allow it.

throwup2384 minutes ago

Feral hogs IN SPAAAAACE!

adrianN38 minutes ago

Kessler‘s farm?

ck240 minutes ago

I'm thinking of "space roombas" that glide around and bump all the sats in LEO into the atmosphere like a game of pool

Only problem is they are toxic as they burn up and create a lot of pollution

* https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-space-orbit-satellit...

(too bad gravity is impossible to overcome cheaply or do the opposite and yeet into sun)

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