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[โ€“] barrbaric@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They also have massively increased the level of aluminum oxide in the atmosphere from all the satellites burning up (something like a 30% increase over baseline), which might damage the ozone layer.

Apparently half of all active satellites are Starlink and they plan to increase the current number by ~8x.

[โ€“] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

holy shit, I knew it was bad but not that bad