Starlink a threat to the world
Starlink a threat to the world
The Issue
Elon Musk's space venture Starlink has rendered long exposure time lapse star photography extinct,
Anyone that has ever pointed a camera at the poles and taken a full rotation of the stars now have their photos ruined by these star image destroyers,
SpaceX did not consult every star gazer around the world if it was ok to ruin star photography for ever more & thus should be stopped,if they don't stop launching these satellites very soon all star photography will be impossible without these satellites photo bombing all images
However it is not just SpaceX that are ruining the night skies,Amazon & also Richard Branson & Bill Gates are all launching similar systems to beam down internet from space,The FCC in the USA allowed all of these people to launch without a thought for the rest of the world,the current land based internet system works just fine we don't need grids of satellites encompassing the earth to always be destroying star imagery for astronomers,
they need to be stopped & taken to court so that every person that enjoys looking up at the night skies can seek compensation for the death of star imagery,yes there are thousands of satellites in space but most of these are not visible most of the time and don't spoil Astrophotography like these "mega constellations" will,
please sign and share so that we can take back our night skies before it's too late
(video link shows how time lapse photos of the stars are being ruined)

The Issue
Elon Musk's space venture Starlink has rendered long exposure time lapse star photography extinct,
Anyone that has ever pointed a camera at the poles and taken a full rotation of the stars now have their photos ruined by these star image destroyers,
SpaceX did not consult every star gazer around the world if it was ok to ruin star photography for ever more & thus should be stopped,if they don't stop launching these satellites very soon all star photography will be impossible without these satellites photo bombing all images
However it is not just SpaceX that are ruining the night skies,Amazon & also Richard Branson & Bill Gates are all launching similar systems to beam down internet from space,The FCC in the USA allowed all of these people to launch without a thought for the rest of the world,the current land based internet system works just fine we don't need grids of satellites encompassing the earth to always be destroying star imagery for astronomers,
they need to be stopped & taken to court so that every person that enjoys looking up at the night skies can seek compensation for the death of star imagery,yes there are thousands of satellites in space but most of these are not visible most of the time and don't spoil Astrophotography like these "mega constellations" will,
please sign and share so that we can take back our night skies before it's too late
(video link shows how time lapse photos of the stars are being ruined)

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Petition created on 23 April 2020