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'Space graffiti': astronomers angry over launch of fake star into sky
Astronomers across the world have criticised a privately owned, New Zealand-based space company after it secretively put a satellite likened to a giant disco ball into orbit. Last week the space exploration startup Rocket Lab launched a rocket from a remote sheep and cattle farm on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand.
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I've always wondered what an astronomer riot would look like.
Instead of torches and pitchforks, they’ll wield mirrors and telescopes?
And they will throw moon rocks!