Rocket Lab Reveals 'The Humanity Star,' a 'Disco Ball' Satellite Shining From Space

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[BenLurkin]

"No matter where you are in the world or what's happening in your life, everyone will be able to see the Humanity Star in the night sky," said Peter Beck, Rocket Lab founder and CEO, in a statement. "Our hope is that all those looking up at it will look past it to the vast expanse of the universe and think a little differently about their lives, actions and what is important for humanity."

[rfp1234]

Disco Inferno.

[Disambiguator]

The Humanity Star - Lights for People.

[Teflonic]

So it’s just a new form of pollution? Like light pollution or noise pollution, this will be sky pollution. Class action them...

[exDemMom]

Just what we need—some manmade object cluttering up the sky.

Here in Maryland, the light pollution is so bad that only a few of the brightest stars and planets are visible. But when I went to Mongolia over a year ago, the night sky was completely free of any light pollution. The stars shone gloriously; the Milky Way was visible in a way that I do not remember seeing since I was a child (and even then, it may not have been as clear). I am glad that there was not a manmade object up there to mar the beautiful view.

[piasa]

They’re launching something just for kicks and sparkles?

[Flick Lives]

[Rio]

[Klemper]

Since we cannot see the Milky Way galaxy anymore unless we get to a very remote place, I would agree, that we should put some more artificial light in the sky. /sarc

[mylife]

I wont say a lot but a disco ball illuminated a certain way is a good countermeasure

[mylife]

You stumbled on it

[StormEye]

"No matter where you are in the world or what's happening in your life, everyone will be able to see the Humanity Star in the night sky," said Peter Beck, ..."

SPACE JUNK!!

[omega4412]

This was a clever idea back in 1960 when NASA launched the Echo satellite.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I'd like to meet the jackass who thought this was a good idea.
 

[Pearls Before Swine]

Installation art. Space litter.

[Moonman62]

This satellite is not bright enough to affect stargazing, and it will only be visible for a couple of minutes every month or two for a particular location.

[21twelve]

Like Sputnik!

I can just see it in another few years.

“Testing of an IBCM went awry after the missile hit the ‘Humanity Star’, sending the rocket off course and instead of landing harmlessly in the Pacific Ocean, hit the coast of Russia. Russia, fearing an attack launched over 60% of their nuclear weapons, and the U.S and China responded.”

[21twelve]

Not only will it clutter up the sky, it will clutter up the UFO reporting websites!

[namvolunteer]

Go up on South Mountain. Pretty good there,

[mylife]

The last time I saw the milky way was 1997 in the high desert

They have us starblind and blind to satellite orbits in some ways.

When I wad a child any chucklehead could track Sputnik or Echo II, not so easy today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G4U7_WNsa0

Sure we have tools, but the common man is blind.