Well, howdy there internet people, it's Bo again. So today we are going to talk about the

Government Accountability Office, the GAO, and what that office has to do with satellites and the environment. The GAO is basically

an outfit that is responsible for making sure that government entities

follow federal processes and kind of audit them.

They have determined that mega constellations of satellites

should undergo environmental review before they are licensed by the FCC.

So they will look at whether or not these constellations are likely to cause debris,

more space junk, light pollution, stuff like this.

As this news comes out, everybody is certainly going to turn to one person who is already

in the headlines.

Everybody's going to be looking at Musk at his companies because they're kind of the leader. They're the best known in this

right now. I would point out it will impact other companies. It will impact other projects. The FCC, for their part, agrees. Up until

now they've been giving these types of constellations kind of a

a categorical exemption to the environmental review process but in the GAO has kind of gotten everybody on the same page. The FCC appears

to be waiting for the White House Council to kind of put out a little bit more guidance on this.

But at this point it appears that the Starlink project is going to have to start undergoing environmental review.

Most people believe that it is highly likely that there's going to be a light pollution issue.

The debris, that's kind of up in the air.

There's a little bit more debate about that,

but most people are fairly certain there's

going to be a light pollution issue.

Musk's companies in a filing, they basically said that, you know, if this went forward, it would hobble or doom American innovation

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