Russian startup wants to put ads in low-Earth orbit to ruin the sky for everybody

sciencenewslab ^ | 16JAN19 | Editorial staff

[Dad was my hero]

You sound like my friend in Land O Lakes, I'm in Palm Harbor. He has more scopes than I can imagine, a couple he has spent north of $40-$50K! He has two pier mounted in his back yard. His overhead viewing dome though is not very good especially considering the two expensive pier mounted scopes he has. If I had more than one scope I would get into analysis paralysis and not be able to decide which to take or use.

I've been hesitant to join clubs and since my wife has Alzheimer's late nights / over nights and travel to remote sites are out of the question. My friend in L-O-L also has the same scope I have, in fact his picture is on the Obsession site under customer comments, he got his almost the same time I got mine.

I have used binoculars often and still carry them with me when going out, I'm often amazed at what you can see with them and recommend them as a low cost way to enter the field.

I can't remember the name of the company that said not to use their scope anywhere near salt water because they said the coatings would corrode or something like that. I was thinking of buying one of their larger models - about 7.5 inch Mak when I saw the note.

[Dad was my hero]

I finally found the scope, it was a seven inch Questar. They may have corrected the issue as I haven’t seen the warning on their site.

[Conan the Librarian]

I don’t think they make them and more, and, that 7in might cost as much as your 18! I thought about buying a Questar 4 inch along time ago. Glad I didn’t.

Is your buddy in SPAC? Someone with that much equipment is a serious observer!

I AM sorry to hear about your wife. Hope you have a strong support group to help you.

Make sure you look into the Urban Astronomy Club on the AL website. It will help you find things to look for. Double Stars may also be a way to go.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks fieldmarshaldj. Every few years there's some kind of nitwit idea like this out of Russia, and the fact is, they never go through with any of them, mainly because they don't have the technical ability to carry it out, or the economic ability for that matter.

[chris37]

Didn’t say they had to hit it, just that it’s going to be shot at.

What goes up must come down, including the sign and aimed projectiles.