Luke Drury
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Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics in DIAS, member and former president of the Royal Irish Academy, former VP of ALLEA. Interested in open science and the […]
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This really highlights how incredibly dependent we are on Starlink's continued perfect collision avoidance maneuvers. So far they've done it, but they keep adding more satellites and making it harder.
Other megaconstellations are now launching as well, and they all need to communicate PERFECTLY […]
Other megaconstellations are now launching as well, and they all need to communicate PERFECTLY […]
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mastodon.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This really highlights how incredibly dependent we are on Starlink's continued perfect collision avoidance maneuvers. So far they've done it, but they keep adding more satellites and making it harder.
Other megaconstellations are now launching as well, and they all need to communicate PERFECTLY […]
Other megaconstellations are now launching as well, and they all need to communicate PERFECTLY […]
Reposted by Luke Drury
Got my slides put together for this meeting tomorrow. It's a damn good summary of the many ways that terrible things are happening in orbit that are already RIGHT NOW destroying the night sky, destroying the atmosphere, dropping shit on people, and making collisions much more likely in orbit. I […]
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mastodon.social
December 9, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Got my slides put together for this meeting tomorrow. It's a damn good summary of the many ways that terrible things are happening in orbit that are already RIGHT NOW destroying the night sky, destroying the atmosphere, dropping shit on people, and making collisions much more likely in orbit. I […]
Reposted by Luke Drury
Update. The French 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 (#cnrs) is canceling the #webofscience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Update. The French 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 (#cnrs) is canceling the #webofscience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos