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Though you may be right, I have a feeling that he is facing formidable opposition. That may include anything from social engineering to full on psyops.

Frankly, I'm in favor of banning them from anything public.

Why is lobbying allowed in any public interest discourse?

That aside, lobbying doesn't mean anti-people by default. Some lobbyists lobby on behalf of the people.

Not a lobbyist. But I can explain their motivation in one word: Money

Can you imagine the amount of corruptive influences and persuasions he is resisting?

Please learn elementary anatomy and physiology. You don't have to get a medical degree. High school level knowledge will do.

This dangerous misinformation wouldn't get shared around, if people knew about mucous membranes.

See, they say the Earth's magnetic field is gradually getting weaker, and they're not entirely sure why. So of course they're doing lots of research into all sorts of theories as to why.

Weakening of the geomagnetic field is due the pole reversal that happens periodically over time. It's bad news, but not catastrophic.

Well have they considered that over the past century, humans have wrapped lots of the planet with degaussing coils? We call them power lines...

I seriously doubt that the whole of humanity's electric infrastructure is powerful enough to interfere with the colossal magnetohydrodynamic dynamo at the core of the planet.

Yeah, this is stupid. "We won't agree to an investigation until you give us the result of the investigation".

That's their SOP. This isn't the first time.

I'm skeptical about this report though. The magnetosphere extends way beyond the atmosphere where the space junk burns up. And most metal fragments reach the surface. The metal dust that may remain suspended in the ionosphere doesn't have the ability to block the magnetic field (the ionosphere already has a distinct sodium layer). All that aside, there are tonnes of metallic meteoroids entering the atmosphere every day without any issues.

The other reports I've seen suggest damage to the ozone layer and ionosphere due to rocket exhaust during the ascent.

Voyager's computers may be no match for what we have today, but they were sturdy as hell.

Protecting the commons is something that is opposed by everybody with the means to exploit it. And they are the ones paying the salary of the governments. Even worse, orbital space isn't the only commons under that threat.