Follow up to this post from a couple years ago in light of the extended downtime of mander.xyz.
What space communities currently exist?
- !space@lemmy.world (closed, redirects to !space@mander.xyz)
- !space@lemmy.ml (active poster, sporadically active moderator)
- !space@sopuli.xyz (dormant, active moderator)
- !space@lemmy.science.social (single-admin instance)
- !space_astronomy@piefed.social (new community, active moderator)
What astronomy communities currently exist?
- !astronomy@lemmy.world (active posters, inactive moderator)
- !space_astronomy@piefed.social (new community, active moderator)
Re: Community naming (“Space” vs. “Spaceflight” vs. “Astronomy”)
I think that “space” is the most general term, with “astronomy” and “spaceflight” being subsets.
Examples:
- Interesting data from a telescope? Astronomy and space, but not spaceflight.
- A new GPS satellite is launched? Spaceflight and space, but not astronomy.
- The Perseverance rover drills into a neat rock on Mars? Space, but not really astronomy or spaceflight.
- A new space telescope is launched? Definitely all three.
Thoughts on which would be best to move to?
My votes would lean slightly towards !space@sopuli.xyz and !astronomy@lemmy.world, but I’d be interested to hear other people’s thoughts.