He looked up at the night sky and saw only strings of light.
“I wonder what it was like,” he said.
“What?” she said.
“To see stars.”
“I can’t imagine.”
“Back in the 2020s, scientists tried to warn us.”
“They did?”
“Yeah. The super-bright radiation from satellites was blinding their telescopes. They could no longer peer into the universe. Launching more satellites, they said, would only make the problem worse.”
Silence.
“I hear people used to gaze at the heavens and search for the creator,” she said.
“Yeah. Now the only constellations we can see are ones we created.”
“I wonder what it was like,” he said.
“What?” she said.
“To see stars.”
“I can’t imagine.”
“Back in the 2020s, scientists tried to warn us.”
“They did?”
“Yeah. The super-bright radiation from satellites was blinding their telescopes. They could no longer peer into the universe. Launching more satellites, they said, would only make the problem worse.”
Silence.
“I hear people used to gaze at the heavens and search for the creator,” she said.
“Yeah. Now the only constellations we can see are ones we created.”
