FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK NOOOOO

[murmelthier@climatejustice.social]

@sundogplanets

We really live in the most bonkers timeline 🫩

[mshearthwitch@wandering.shop]

@sundogplanets I am beyond baffled at this decision.

[kellyromanych@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets insert every curse word, in every language

[tlariv@hachyderm.io]

@sundogplanets
Pitchforks and torches.

[tmanning@infosec.exchange]

@sundogplanets how in the world is the FCC the organization that approves such an abomination?

[ambientspace@cloudisland.nz]

@sundogplanets this sort of news leaves me muttering “It would be a shame if something went wrong with the launch, eh?”

[hub@cosocial.ca]

@sundogplanets "we don't regulate the mirror so we are ok with it."

Then why do you allow it?

[simonchulse@mastodon.nz]

@sundogplanets guess we will have to shoot it down.

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

Want some reminders of how fucking terrible this idea is?

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/true-cost-solar-power-night-reflect-orbital/

https://theconversation.com/a-us-startup-plans-to-deliver-sunlight-on-demand-after-dark-can-it-work-and-would-we-want-it-to-264323

https://darksky.org/news/organizational-statement-reflect-orbital/

Journalists: please write about how dangerous this is.

Lawyers (especially if you're based in the US): please help fight this, it will take legal action now

[fullywoolly@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets what a bullshit cop out... It falls out of our purview. Time to take a little wider scope assholes

[tlariv@hachyderm.io]

@sundogplanets
Oh, guess we won't need torches since there won't be fucking darkness anymore.

[politemenace@social.ridetrans.it]

@sundogplanets We really need the model rocket nerds to start getting into modeling anti-satellite missiles.

[linuxfiend@gts.linuxfiend.net]

@sundogplanets Have these people never heard of batteries?

[crazypedia@mypocketpals.online]

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social I hope it blows up on the pad. ​​

[sundogplanets@mastodon.social]

GREAT guess I'm not going to sleep tonight either. Maybe there will be auroras. I need to enjoy the night sky as much as I can now, I guess.

Fuck you, FCC, for approving this. Fuck Reflect Orbital and all the copycats it's going to spawn. Fuck techbros everywhere. Fuck venture capitalists for funding this destructive, useless bullshit.

[quephird@tech.lgbt]

@sundogplanets

ಠಠ_ಠ_ಠ__ಠ_ಠ_ಠಠ

[lastrobot@writing.exchange]

@sundogplanets Just awful

[dianea@lgbtqia.space]

@sundogplanets

First orbital space weapon

[jackemled@furry.engineer]

@sundogplanets This is really bad, but I also can't wait for some kid to log in to their system with default admin credentials & vaporize the white house or something with the unmatched power of the sun & continue doing so until the mirror satellites are made illegal, globally, forever.

[stagerabbit@famichiki.jp]

@sundogplanets Modest Proposal: we get the best Irish scientists together to create a spud cannon capable of hitting objects in low earth orbit and then fire it directly into everyone responsible.

Preferably all standing in a straight line so we don't have to waste a lot of good potatoes.