Turning Night Into Day: The Light-Pollution Satellite Debate
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Columnist Dana Milbank questions FCC proposals to use giant mirrors to bathe cities in sunlight and SpaceX’s plan for a million satellites as data centers, arguing such efforts could turn night into day and raise broad environmental, ethical, and scientific concerns, from light pollution and impacts on astronomy to energy use and climate implications.
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- SpaceX's 1 million satellites could avoid environmental checks New Scientist
- Two satellite proposals threaten dark and quiet skies worldwide Astrobites
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