Is there an #EdwardTufte #EnvisioningInformation for the #MegaConstellations of billionaire-controlled corporations? The dots representing #SpaceDebris are not to the scale of earth, the in 1990 there was concern for these 7,000 objects that were > or = to 10cm in diameter. To add representations for thousands of #StarLink satellites scaled to the "explosion fragments" and "fozen sewage" from the 80s, I guess we'll need translucent colors to still be able to see the earth's lines under junk.

Mastodon posts made me aware of how satellite wi-fi ( #Starlink ) will drastically increase the amount of #SpaceJunk orbiting the earth. I found #EdwardTufte's visualization of #SpaceDebris in #EnvisioningInformation pages 48 and 49. How did they get nuclear reactors up there? What if there was an explosion on the way up, like the shuttle with those seven astronauts during the Reagan years?