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SpaceX's Megaconstellation Is Accidentally Threatening the Ozone Layer

2026-05-16 Science & Technology
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about SpaceX's mega constellations and the ozone layer risks Links: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-03154-8 https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2313374120 https://theconversation.com/musks-spacex-is-shaping-up-as-the-biggest-ipo-on-record-its-also-bending-the-rules-to-do-so-280271 https://www.spaceweather.com/ Previous video: https://youtu.be/iDaG4zt0NKc #spacex #starlink #ozonehole Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com Sophia Economon and Benjamin Fernando Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@ammaraygem 2026-05-18

No worries, we have our best psychopaths working on this.

2.8k 67 replies
@CLethe 2026-05-16

It's very sad, considering the ozone layer was the only thing we, as a species, managed to stop damaging long enough for it to recover.

1.9k 200 replies
@FloatingOer 2026-05-19

My grandfather: full of lead My dad: full of asbestos Me: full of microplastics My kid: full of nano metallic-alloy vapor

1.7k 165 replies
@dubz4828 2026-05-17

people give the dodo bird alot of shit, but the dodo didn't knowingly cause its own extinction.

1.6k 115 replies
@sdfsfmnsdkfsfdsfsldmfl 2026-05-18

It's funny how far we've got, stuff like this became so normal that it won't even reach the news

722 29 replies
@logiclust 2026-05-17

There’s a reason they’re building bunkers on private islands and ai weapons

615 30 replies
@victorLfun 2026-05-18

RIP my planet it got hit with a trillionaire

514 10 replies
@shoga321 2026-05-19

"Basically an AI data network." Sooo, basically Sky Net....

323 10 replies
@HckrNeo1 2026-05-19

Ngl, "without realizing" is a really interesting way to spell "without caring in the least so long as the margins go brrrrrr"

177 3 replies
@CubanGnocchi1992 2026-05-20

Data centers in space is a delulu idea

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