Prof. Sam LawlerI love getting invited to important committee meetings with Canadian Space Agency representatives with less than 24 hours notice! Especially when don't tell me how long I'm supposed to speak for or exactly what to focus on other than "Dark and Quiet Skies!"
Grumble grumble.
Prof. Sam LawlerGot my slides put together for this meeting tomorrow. It's a damn good summary of the many ways that terrible things are happening in orbit that are already RIGHT NOW destroying the night sky, destroying the atmosphere, dropping shit on people, and making collisions much more likely in orbit. I think I might have to just go cry now.
Prof. Sam LawlerI've got a cup of coffee and a cat on my lap, and I'm ready for this presentation! I hope my power/internet holds...it's very windy and snowy now...
Prof. Sam LawlerAlways impressive to realize how most people, even most astronomers, have absolutely no idea how dangerous the situation in Low Earth Orbit is, thanks to megaconstellations stuffing huge satellites into high densities.