this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2026

531 points (99.6% liked)

xkcd

15913 readers

522 users here now

A community for a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

koraro@lemmy.world

531

xkcd #3225: Satellite Pollution (infosec.pub)

submitted 5 days ago by xkcdbot@lemmy.world to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

21 comments fedilink hide all child comments

xkcd #3225: Satellite Pollution

Title text:

We're working to make sure the images are as up-to-date and accurate as possible, with a minimum number of sponsored galaxies.

Transcript:

Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com

Source: https://xkcd.com/3225/

explainxkcd for #3225

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 48 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (11 children)

Who would've thought that astronomy as a science only had like 500 years window to the clear sky... That any advanced enough civilization would as quickly and enthusiastically blot out their own skies for short term gains...

[–] Anaeijon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

ground based astronomy

Advancing astronomy would require more orbital telescopes anyway, which solve a bunch of problems, like atmospheric distortion.

The actual problem is, that we currently fund short term gains (sattelites for communication and navigation) more than we fund long-term societal gains (sattelites for orbital research).

load more comments (10 replies)