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Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09759-5
Comments
Webstir
Dec 4, 2025, 5:40 AM
And, you know, this little thing called the Kessler effect. Which, I’m kinda rooting for because it’d crash capitalism overnight and give us a chance to build something new.
az09mugen
Dec 5, 2025, 7:45 AM
Kessler syndrome*. For those interested in:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome
beardyw
Dec 4, 2025, 7:50 AM
> Kessler effect
New to me, interesting.
positr0n
Dec 4, 2025, 5:47 AM
How do you figure that? Capitalism has been chugging along for hundreds of years before artificial satellites existed.