Throw enough glittering trash into orbit and your “can’t stay earthbound forever” platitudes become self-defeating because at some point nothing could be safely launched.
Throw enough glittering trash into orbit and your “can’t stay earthbound forever” platitudes become self-defeating because at some point nothing could be safely launched.
wahming@monyet.cc 7 months ago
The satellite constellations are in LEO. Kessler syndrome is literally not possible at that altitude.
UlyssesT@hexbear.net 7 months ago
I already knew that; my point was that letting your euphoric corporate saviors do whatever the fuck they want under pretenses of euphoric “reach the stars” platitudes is interfering with actual contemporary scientific inquiry, right now.
The pollution of each launch is significant, and the benefit of the yanky low orbit network is questionable, especially because it requires constant maintenance launches.
sharedburdens@hexbear.net 7 months ago
but have you considered that this under-regulated shlock this allows for
command and control to be administeredshitty internet service inwarzones across the world“remote areas”