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Monday, November 18, 2019
Japanese 'Shooting-Star' Satellite to Launch on Landmark Rocket Lab Flight This Month
Space: "With this launch, we are a step closer to realiz[ing] the man-made shooting star," Astro Live Experiences CEO Lena Okajima said in a statement. "Please look forward to the world's first demonstration we are aiming [for] in 2020, which will be a major milestone for ALE."
I have not read or heard an article related to space since my astrophysics class in my senior year of high school, so this was a nice change of pace from the regular theatre-related pieces on this blog page. This satellite certainly sounds cool, but I don't fully understand its purpose. Yeah, shooting stars and meteor showers are cool, but what makes them so special once we can make our own artificial ones? With regard to the Olympic opening, I don't understand why they don't just use fireworks, which are brighter, louder, and all-around more festive. And what are the environmental impacts of launching this satellite and releasing the man-made shooting stars? Rocket Lab says it poses harm to neither people on the ground nor planes in the air, but what comes of the stars then? Do they burn up and burn out like other celestial objects? Do they leave a residue permanently in space? I hope to see these questions addressed as Rocket Lab nears its release.
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I have not read or heard an article related to space since my astrophysics class in my senior year of high school, so this was a nice change of pace from the regular theatre-related pieces on this blog page. This satellite certainly sounds cool, but I don't fully understand its purpose. Yeah, shooting stars and meteor showers are cool, but what makes them so special once we can make our own artificial ones? With regard to the Olympic opening, I don't understand why they don't just use fireworks, which are brighter, louder, and all-around more festive. And what are the environmental impacts of launching this satellite and releasing the man-made shooting stars? Rocket Lab says it poses harm to neither people on the ground nor planes in the air, but what comes of the stars then? Do they burn up and burn out like other celestial objects? Do they leave a residue permanently in space? I hope to see these questions addressed as Rocket Lab nears its release.
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