Tell the FCC: Protect the night sky
FOUND IN SPAM! DEADLINE MISSED.... HUMANS NEED DARKNESS TO SLEEP..... If you think the night sky is already too polluted by artificial light, you might want to sit down before you read this email. A company called Reflect Orbital wants to deploy satellites covered in mirrors to produce "sunlight on-demand" at night. That's right: They want to make nighttime optional. 1 This technology isn't just ridiculous. It could also do even more damage to animals and plants that need darkness to thrive. 2 We're urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject this wackadoodle idea. Tell the FCC to reject the satellite projects now. If the FCC approves the new project, Reflect Orbital plans to release up to 50,000 satellites into Earth's orbit by 2035 . By reflecting the sun's rays onto Earth at night, they could illuminate an area wider than Manhattan. 3 There's already too much artificial light obscuring views of the stars and planets. These sa...