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by sajithdilshan 27 days ago
> A new European Southern Observatory (ESO) study has found that current proposals to launch over 1.7 million satellites into orbit, including extremely bright ones, would have “devastating consequences for astronomy.” According to the study, no more than 100 000 faint satellites, below naked eye visibility, should orbit Earth, to safeguard our ability to observe the night sky with modern telescopes

Maybe you should have read the next sentence as well.
1 comments
notrealyme123 27 days ago
ESO is not an EU agency. They don't write anything about regularisation.

I stand with my original comment.

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sajithdilshan 27 days ago
Yeah you’re right, all the member countries are in African continent (https://www.eso.org/public/about-eso/memberstates/)
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notrealyme123 27 days ago
And government agency is a part of the government. The ESO is not part of the government.

If they say: "We shouldn't mess up the sky", it's the same as if CERN says: "We shouldn't eat anti matter."

It's foremost a warning.

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