Thursday, January 236 pm Pacific TimeVirtual public meetingUS Space Force, Vandenberg The Dept. of Air Force is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on changes to the SpaceX launch program at Vandenberg, and seeking public comments. Proposals include: ONLINE Join the Meetinghttps://mantech.zoomgov.com/j/1608982564 Zoom Meeting ID:160 898 2564 BY PHONECall in #: 1-669-254-5252Zoom Meeting ID: 160Continue reading “January 23, USAF SpaceX EIS Scoping Meeting on expanding operations and launches to 100/year at Vandenberg”
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Comments due January 17 on SpaceX Starship/Superheavy increased launches and landings – FAA docket # FAA-2024-2006
>>> Comments due January 17, 2025 <<<Docket No. FAA-2024-2006 Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for SpaceX Starship/SuperHeavy Increased Cadence NOTE: >> The FAA only conducted an Environmental Assessment (EA), not a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), on SpaceX’s proposal.>> On its project page, the FAA fails to mention Hawai’i or Peru or California as crash zonesContinue reading “Comments due January 17 on SpaceX Starship/Superheavy increased launches and landings – FAA docket # FAA-2024-2006”
Ecocide from space
From Cellular Phone Task ForceDecember 14, 2022By Arthur Firstenberg NUMBER OF OPERATING SATELLITES PASSES 7,000 On the evening of Thursday, December 8, 2022, OneWeb launched 40 satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida, bringing the total number of active satellites in orbit around the Earth to more than 7,000. These cell towers in space are altering the electromagneticContinue reading “Ecocide from space”
“Multiple tragedies of the commons” — satellite mega-constellations and the limits of Earth’s atmosphere
…there is little recognition that Earth’s orbit is a finite resource, the space and Earth environments are connected, and the actions of one actor can affect everyone. Until that changes, we risk multiple tragedies of the commons in space. From Scientific ReportsPublished 20 May 2021 Boley, A.C., Byers, M. Satellite mega-constellations create risks in LowContinue reading ““Multiple tragedies of the commons” — satellite mega-constellations and the limits of Earth’s atmosphere”
Free The Sky 