European agree – our security is on the right track and the momentum is building.
The mandate for EU action is definitive:
🔹 74% support for defence investment.
🔹 52% trust the EU to strengthen security.
🔹 53% see Space Policy as a key security tool.
68% of citizens believe their country is under threat. Europe is ready to step up.
Too wound up to go to bed, so I just sent lots of emails to people hoping that they'll spread the word and get lots more people to write comments to the FCC telling them that orbital data centres and sunlight-as-a-service are incredibly stupid, dangerous ideas and should never be launched.
Instructions how to submit here: https://darksky.org/news/two-satellite-proposals-threaten-the-night-sky-the-window-to-act-is-now/
I don't think it'll actually make a big difference. But I do think it's incredibly important that the official record shows how many opposed this.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/116079450649446984
@EUCommission What does the #EU do against the real threat of #spaceDebris and #space #pollution by US corporations like #SpaceX & Co? The space is not a military room, it is at first nature and our vulnerable atmosphere! We only have this one planet!
https://mastodon.online/@sundogplanets@mastodon.social/116079450784889577