{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Soundings","title":"Losing the sky","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/fa654613\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":575,"description":"We are losing the stars ... and not just from light pollution.  Plans call for fleets of orbiting satellites that will be so large ... and so numerous ... they will literally blot out the stars.\nJohn Barentine is an amateur PhD astronomer, co-founder of the Center for Space Environmentalism and Principal Consultant at Dark Sky Consulting, LLC.  We spoke in October of 2026.  This is part of that conversation.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UKqb3YVzm7aeb532XYfFY1sStys37qeODGLKIxm3yhs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84ZDEz/YjE5MTBjN2E4YzM0/N2UwYmExMDZlNDE5/ZTViNi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}