#3225: Satellite Pollution

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[White Hat and Ponytail are standing on the left, Cueball is on the right, in front of a poster on the wall. The poster has a portion of the Earth at the bottom, with outer space above it. The space scene has lots of stars, along with a few nebulae and galaxies. Part of the space scene is enclosed in a quadrilateral (a slightly skewed rectangle) which is attached to a much smaller satellite. The quadrilateral itself is a picture of the night sky, showing an inaccurate picture of the stars.]

Ponytail: Aren't you worried these will be disruptive for ground-based astronomy?

Cueball: No, why?

[Caption below comic:]

My new company is being criticized for our satellites that deploy 100-mile-wide banners painted with inaccurate pictures of the night sky.


(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:We're working to make sure the images are as up-to-date and accurate as possible, with a minimum number of sponsored galaxies.


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