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Another interesting quirk of Pop III stars is that their initial mass function is expected to form much more massive stars than Pop II or Pop I. So even if Pop III stars are longer lived at the same mass as Pop II or Pop I, there will be a lot more supernovae per time, leading to fast enrichment and then Pop II.

My experience is that Slack worked great last winter, when the broadband satellite was up. When it's down, folks use an IRC-style client to cope with the very limited & expensive bandwidth from Iridium.

Pole doesn't have Starlink. McMurdo does. There are reasons.

Polar coverage from GEO satellites is limited because how close to the horizon GEO satellites are from Pole. Pole uses old GEO satellites which are low on fuel and have relatively large inclinations... then you can talk to them for ~ 6 hours per 24.

Schedule: https://www.usap.gov/technology/1935/