Space Shuttle Discovery soars away from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, on Aug. 30, 1984, beginning its maiden voyage and a storied spaceflight career that spanned more than 26 years. The launch vehicle consisted of a main engine tank (orange) and two solid rocket boosters (white). (NASA)

Environmental Impacts of Satellites: Sign the Public Interest Research Group Letter to the FCC, and More

Space Shuttle Discovery launch Aug. 30, 1984 (NASA) By Patricia Burke, compiled with Kate Kheel of Safe Tech InternationalPosted on Patricia's Substack for Safe Tech, 15 November 2024 Dear FCC Space Bureau Chief Julie Kearney, 'The new space race doesn’t need to create massive space waste.' The number of satellites

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Anti space radar campaign ‘demands answers’ from MOD on key safety questions after citing DARC public consultation meetings as ‘utter shambles’

Press Release, 17 September 2024 Protests were held outside each of the MOD’s Public engagements events in Solva and St Davids this Friday and Saturday 13th-14th September. PARC Against DARC, which launched in May this year to oppose the proposed US military DARC radars at Brawdy, mobilised a large crowd

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Seogwipo Science and Culture Festival, and sweet snacks, courtesy of weapons company Hanwha Systems

Hanwha Group headquarters in Seoul. Credit: Hanwha Systems By Sung-hee Choi, Published by Headline Jeju, 13 September 2024 Hanwha Defense Systems is building a satellite factory in Jeju Island’s Special Management Zone for groundwater resources On the afternoon of August 31, young citizens of various Asia-Pacific islands and countries, including

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The Perils of Military 5G

by Karl Grossman, Published by Counterpunch, 15 March 2021 Demonstrations will be held this coming Friday and Saturday protesting the deployment of 5G—a technology that, among other issues, presents huge health risks by blanketing the Earth with radiation resulting in cancer and other illnesses, encourages satellite collisions generating space debris,

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