Prof. Sam Lawler on Nostr: There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I ...
There are quite a few stars visible while I'm out doing evening chores now, so I spend a lot of time glancing up while moving between tasks.
Just now, I glanced up at Cassiopeia and there were so many satellites, I actually felt dizzy while my brain struggled to figure out what was stationary and was was moving. Around the 5 stars visible in Cassiopeia were 4 crawling satellites (all brighter than the stars). While I stared, there was a bright flash from a tumbling piece of space junk.
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