A colleague and I wrote a big long letter to the Canadian gov't about how terrible direct-to-cell satellites are for astronomy (radio and optical). And I found out today that national groups (CASCA *and* ACURA) both officially endorsed it, and I'll find out tomorrow if CAP also endorses it.
I don't really think it'll actually help, but it's quite gratifying to finally have some official backing while yelling at gov't departments about satellites.
Prof. Sam Lawler /
npub1dl…7hn0x
2024-09-12 02:57:30
Author Public Key
npub1dls3fr60k92efj3980hthkhjdgcqky8jawpg9tcqmkvd68dt70esy7hn0xSeen on
wss://relay.mostr.pubPublished at
2024-09-12 02:57:30Event JSON
{
"id": "e324ec8375d4f4f98cdec42ee1915bafaf43097d4fa2355b796ccdaff2f39354",
"pubkey": "6fe1148f4fb15594ca253beebbdaf26a300b10f2eb8282af00dd98dd1dabf3f3",
"created_at": 1726109850,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/113122335173806887",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "A colleague and I wrote a big long letter to the Canadian gov't about how terrible direct-to-cell satellites are for astronomy (radio and optical). And I found out today that national groups (CASCA *and* ACURA) both officially endorsed it, and I'll find out tomorrow if CAP also endorses it.\n\nI don't really think it'll actually help, but it's quite gratifying to finally have some official backing while yelling at gov't departments about satellites.",
"sig": "96404b0bb44935f0a5350cf6aff3743df72620d9b376206b56aed485a99905261bb50cb088a04de20b4132af46e9dbe1042424558e7849106e086533a7670ac1"
}