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Obviously this is a problem for radio astronomers. I keep hoping we’ll build the proposed Lunar Crater Telescope so we can have a truly silent view of the universe.

There’s no way a drone like this makes more noise than a truck. At 50 meters up, they’re virtually undetectable.

Use the time honored technique of lying on the birthdate form.

Serious post: cost and shifting performance expectations make it impractical for consumer devices

Shit post: Because Nokia doesn’t make phones any more

I see you just printed a bonchee.

Listening to NASA’s official press releases isn’t exactly what I’d call being a keyboard warrior. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with using the most authoritative source as your primary world view, in most cases.

Goat Simulator 3 is superior, in my opinion. Maybe give that one a shot first.

They said it had both bug fixes and bug re-additions, so we should be good.

Temperature is also a lot more stable underground… there’s a lot of good reasons to build in a cave or lava tube. Works on the moon too.

No certifications, no degrees, just good, old fashioned 15 years of experience.

The boring answer is that LEO self-cleans over a few years, so it’s not really the huge issue everyone thinks it is. Yes, all that space junk is a risk, but it’s low enough that China simply doesn’t care (and won’t until it actually causes a problem).

No, what’s annoying is people willfully misreading the science being published here. NASA does not claim to find alien life, they claimed to find an interesting rock with an unknown formation process consistent with microbial life in Earth rocks. People like the article writer vastly overstate what NASA is claiming.

Sadly, yes, if the rocks generate enough interested congresspeople.

The title is inflammatory, but makes a good argument about how budget cuts have robbed us of several potential missions lately.

60mm square is still pretty tiny

If the thought of that causes you anxiety, you should probably seek therapy anyway. No need to let impending doom ruin what’s left of our lives!

It’s not a short term effect if the atmospheric change becomes permanent due to increased reentry mass, obviously. The “short term” argument refers to geoengineering by direct injection. I’m not suggesting we do this however - like I said there are indicators that the extra aerosols might be affecting mental health. Besides, like you said, direct carbon reduction is a much more sustainable path to fixing climate change.

Do the study then. We typically do not prevent people from high speed internet access on merely the suspicion of problems.

There’s some work already on this topic, mostly unclear results so far. Right now we’re seeing roughly a 2% increase in stratospheric aerosols due to anthropogenic origin. One study notes that the increased aluminum oxides in the stratosphere actually protect against global warming, while the biological effects are still being studied, possibly affecting mental health.

Obviously we need to be cautious with our planet, so I expect far more studies to clarify this effect.

Blue Origin’s rockets have never been to low earth orbit.

And Starlink can hardly be considered trash, it enables internet for millions of customers.

I suspect in 10 years or so that’ll change. There are lots of new space companies, it just takes a long time to build a new rocket.