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X-WR-CALNAME: IAC Talks: Open Astronomy Seminars
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CREATED:2023-10-10T10:30:00+01:00
X-WR-CALDESC: IAC Talks upcomming talks
SUMMARY:Rhyming Precedents: Historical Perspectives on Astronomy and Satell
 ites
DESCRIPTION:Rhyming Precedents: Historical Perspectives on Astronomy and Sa
 tellites\nProf. Lisa Ruth Rand\n\nAs the number and variety of communicati
 ons satellites proliferate in the rapidly accelerating New Space Age, spec
 ialists and lay observers alike have weighed the implications of a crowded
  orbital environment for astronomical research. The satellite launch tempo
  has recently increased dramatically, but conflict over the safe use of ou
 ter space has a much longer history. This talk will focus on similar debat
 es surrounding experimental communications satellites from the late 1950s 
 and early 1960s, notably a controversial test system known as Project West
  Ford. Astronomers have long acted as environmental watchdogs for outer sp
 ace even as the power landscape in the international aerospace industry sh
 ifted during the decades since West Ford. What lessons might current astro
 nomers take from past conflicts over the integrity of the night sky to add
 ress contemporary and future risk?
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