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Telescope Ranchers

35 points by bookofjoe - 8 comments
solomonneas [3 hidden]5 mins ago
I would never have thought of this, but it is really cool. Living in the city with light pollution, we can see a dozen or so on the best nights.

What an ingenious business idea.

jmward01 [3 hidden]5 mins ago
We need more of this. Thanks for making the world more awesome!
genpfault [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Not, in fact, optical interferometry :(
ck2 [3 hidden]5 mins ago
sadly won't be possible for anything serious next decade as each space trillionaire and country launches their own 10,000+ constellations

sky will be constantly twinkling, will be weird

we'll have to switch to space telescopes above LEO

https://satellitemap.space

zippyman55 [3 hidden]5 mins ago
I’m seeking funding to open up a rail gun ranch where you can sit in your lawn chair and blow satellites out of the sky.
tedd4u [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Probably legal in Texas? If it's directly over "your land?"
adrianN [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Kessler‘s farm?
ck2 [3 hidden]5 mins ago
I'm thinking of "space roombas" that glide around and bump all the sats in LEO into the atmosphere like a game of pool

Only problem is they are toxic as they burn up and create a lot of pollution

* https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-space-orbit-satellit...

(too bad gravity is impossible to overcome cheaply or do the opposite and yeet into sun)