Telescope Ranchers(kottke.org)
35 points by bookofjoe 3 days ago | 5 comments
elictronic 3 minutes ago
Colter Mccorkindale’s comment is the best part.

“Sooo....the stars at night really are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas?”

solomonneas 26 minutes ago
I would never have thought of this, but it is really cool. Living in the city with light pollution, we can see a dozen or so on the best nights.

What an ingenious business idea.

jmward01 38 minutes ago
We need more of this. Thanks for making the world more awesome!
genpfault 47 minutes ago
Not, in fact, optical interferometry :(
ck2 42 minutes ago
sadly won't be possible for anything serious next decade as each space trillionaire and country launches their own 10,000+ constellations

sky will be constantly twinkling, will be weird

we'll have to switch to space telescopes above LEO

https://satellitemap.space

zippyman55 38 minutes ago
I’m seeking funding to open up a rail gun ranch where you can sit in your lawn chair and blow satellites out of the sky.
tedd4u 36 minutes ago
Probably legal in Texas? If it's directly over "your land?"
adrianN 30 minutes ago
Kessler‘s farm?
ck2 32 minutes ago
I'm thinking of "space roombas" that glide around and bump all the sats in LEO into the atmosphere like a game of pool

Only problem is they are toxic as they burn up and create a lot of pollution

* https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-space-orbit-satellit...

(too bad gravity is impossible to overcome cheaply or do the opposite and yeet into sun)