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sanitation@sanitation@lemmy.today

U.S. FCC approves giant space mirror to deliver 'sunlight on demand,' but what are the legal implications?

www.cbc.ca/news/science/reflect-orbital-approval-fcc-9.7287535
CBCANALYSIS | U.S. FCC approves giant space mirror to deliver 'sunlight on demand,' but what are the legal implications? | CBC NewsDespite hundreds of public comments opposing a giant space mirror that would shine light roughly five kilometres wide, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has given it the green light. What could this mean for Canadians?
isleepinahammock@isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone

Replying to @⁨sanitation@lemmy.today⁩

On the bright side, our descendants will live on a planet banded by a glorious set of glimmering planetary rings. With all the crap they’re planning on launching, Kessler syndrome seems inevitable at this point. But, if you’re looking for a silver lining in this dark cloud, rings are it. A spherical shell of debris orbiting the planet does not stay a spherical shell. Interactions between the particles eventually coalesce the spherical shell into a flat disk, planetary rings.

They would be pretty, but yeah…the astronomers aren’t going to be too happy about it…

isleepinahammock@isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone

Replying to @⁨dregan@lemmy.world⁩

95% of human beings alive today could die tomorrow, and there would still be more of us around than when Julius Caesar walked the Earth.

I worry for the future. I see us on a path that will likely lead to a substantial decline in the total human population from the effects of climate change. It’s not a future I want to see.

At the same time, extinction is not something has to remotely worry about.