Comment on We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink
trailee@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoEven though it’s not a space trash problem, it is a regular upper atmosphere polluter of aluminum oxide ash. We don’t yet know the long term consequences.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It’s not enough, but I would bet it might have a cooling effect as it reflects more light in the upper atmosphere.
But we should really still make sure, and more importantly not trust Elon with any data flowing over those satellites.
trailee@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It might! But the article I linked also suggests it might destroy ozone and have a net warming effect. We just don’t know. The upper atmosphere has never before had this level of direct pollution injection.