The BlueWalker 3 satellite is massive, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg.
The BlueWalker 3 satellite can basically turn a mobile phone into a satellite phone. Light pollution is a big side effect.
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“Let’s nip it in the bud now before it does become an issue. If it does become an issue, then it’s going to completely change the night sky,” says Jeremy Tregloan-Reed, one of the authors of the newBlueWalker 3 is about as bright as the eighth brightest star visible from Earth, Procyon, according to the new research. Only the Moon, Jupiter, Venus, and seven stars in our night sky are brighter than BlueWalker 3.
A brighter night sky poses problems for wildlife, like birds who navigate by starlight. And over history, our view of the stars has also had incalculable cultural and spiritual value. But with light pollution growing at the rate it is now, a child born in a place where 250 stars are visible at night might only be able to see 100 by the time they’re 18 years old, previoussatellite to successfully route an audio call between two unmodified smartphones without the need for cell towers.
Companies might tweak their designs to reflect less light, for instance. And in the future, regulators might require an assessment of a satellite’s impact on the night sky as part of the authorization process before launch.Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths‘The Android of agriculture’: Monarch Tractor CEO Praveen Penmetsa on the future of farming
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