Florida Atlantic University Astronomical Observatory

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This would be arrogantly insane assault on humanity and the natural world. This is technology going too far, that does not consider the biological ramifications it callously inflicts on the Earth and cannot be allowed to happen.

When it's dark, our eye's light sensitive ganglion cells sense the lack of light (like a light meter) and tell the suprachiasmatic nuclei in our pineal glands to make natural melatonin that goes out through our bodies to activate up to 15% of our DNA at night to provide us health benefits like DNA repair and cellular cleanup. This happens only when it's dark. Not to mention the poor sleep that people will suffer, the ever greater amount of sleep deprived injuries or poor thinking that it will cause, and the great increase of grumpy and angry attitudes society at large will have because of their sleep problems.

But this isn't just about people. Half of all animals begin their daily activities at sundown. They do so because it's an evolutionary advantage to be active at night. That includes over 60% mammals. Plants use light for photosynthesis, yes but they also use light for their photoperiodism. Which depends on the length of dark nights to tell them what time of year it is, so they can grow their flowers, leaves, and roots, or shed them in time of autumn before winter weather storms pile up heavy snows or ices on branches to break them down. Somewhat like Bill Murray's character in his movie Groundhog 's Day, lights on plants all the time locks them in to repeating the same day's conditions all year long.

Finally, such orbiting bright nightmares will deprive people from their enjoyment of their natural birthright - the views of the wondrous, majestic, awe inspiring, beautiful night sky!

Just because some techn gizmos can be made, does not mean that it is always wise to use them, especially when no consideration is into account of how we will all suffer from it. Once these things are up, there's no way for plants, animals or people to avoid them. We will all be living under their oppressiveness, like being under an interrogation lamp we can't ever escape from. There is no argument in this. These cannot be allowed to launch.

Dark nights are natural. Let them remain so.