The Starlink project could destroy the ozone layer ... (among others)
published: 02/07/21, 15:25
To be taken with a grain of salt ... because the source is Futura Science and Céline Deluzarche (the crazy "journalist" of FS ... )
Is Elon Musk going to kill us all? The title would be touting, and yet ... Humans are very good at denying their ability to destroy the planet. A study published in Scientific Reports estimates that the 12.000 Starlink satellites will cause the dispersion of 2 tons of materials in the upper atmosphere each day, mainly aluminum.
Aaron Boley, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of British Columbia, is particularly concerned. For good reason, this is an open-air experiment, without any control, carried out by a private company with a capitalist goal, all to confirm the technocratic dreams of a rich man who is a little megalomaniac. Moreover, "the emissions generated by the launch of 1.000 suborbital rockets per year could reduce the density of ozone in high latitudes by 5 to 6%" warns the researcher. Two planetary problems for the price of one.
In just two years, the number of active and dead satellites in the lower atmosphere has increased by more than 50%, to reach around 5.000 units in 2021. SpaceX alone will add 11.000 more and has already applied for an application. authorization for ... 30.000 new launches. 30.000! All this for what ? Have high speed internet in the depths of the Amazon or on your private Yacht? What interest if there is ultimately no planet to live in?
But Elon Musk is seen as a true untouchable, a misunderstood hero of modern times ...
https://www.futura-sciences.com/science ... one-92167/
Uh 2 tonnes every day on 12 satellites is 000 gr per day per unit, or 170 kg per year ... that seems huge to me ... they found Musk's satellites or what?
Is Elon Musk going to kill us all? The title would be touting, and yet ... Humans are very good at denying their ability to destroy the planet. A study published in Scientific Reports estimates that the 12.000 Starlink satellites will cause the dispersion of 2 tons of materials in the upper atmosphere each day, mainly aluminum.
Aaron Boley, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of British Columbia, is particularly concerned. For good reason, this is an open-air experiment, without any control, carried out by a private company with a capitalist goal, all to confirm the technocratic dreams of a rich man who is a little megalomaniac. Moreover, "the emissions generated by the launch of 1.000 suborbital rockets per year could reduce the density of ozone in high latitudes by 5 to 6%" warns the researcher. Two planetary problems for the price of one.
In just two years, the number of active and dead satellites in the lower atmosphere has increased by more than 50%, to reach around 5.000 units in 2021. SpaceX alone will add 11.000 more and has already applied for an application. authorization for ... 30.000 new launches. 30.000! All this for what ? Have high speed internet in the depths of the Amazon or on your private Yacht? What interest if there is ultimately no planet to live in?
But Elon Musk is seen as a true untouchable, a misunderstood hero of modern times ...
https://www.futura-sciences.com/science ... one-92167/
Uh 2 tonnes every day on 12 satellites is 000 gr per day per unit, or 170 kg per year ... that seems huge to me ... they found Musk's satellites or what?