Amazon Seeks Permission to Launch 3k Internet Satellites

Post by cmroanirgo » Sat, Jul 06, 2019, 8:59 AM UTC

usaphp wrote: post #210

throw0101a wrote: post #10

At what point should we start worrying about Kessler Syndrome? > The Kessler syndrome (also called the Kessler effect,[1][2] collisional cascading or ablation cascade), proposed by the NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler in 1978, is a scenario in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) is high enough that collisions between objects could cause a cascade in which each collision generates space debris that i…

Think about it in terms of cars. Imagine spread out 3k cars around the surface of the earth. Each car will be thousands of Km away from each other. For example New York has 5 million registered cars. And they manage to use only a fraction of available land dedicated to roads. So I don’t think 3k is anything for a orbit around earth, which is also much bigger than the surface of the earth itself Edit: I am not saying…

Post by Applejinx » Sat, Jul 06, 2019, 9:13 AM UTC

aalleavitch wrote: post #57

repsilat wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Terrifying power? Amazon has succeeded by getting customers what they want, and doing it cheaper, faster and more conveniently than their competition. Of all the tech companies to be cynical about, they most obviously make people's lives better , and expanding their reach (along with the "ancillary benefits" of giving people access to the internet...) is a moral good. Really, this knee-jerk paranoia is difficult to u…

"If Amazon stops serving its customers well it'll go out of business. If it pisses people off it'll go out of business." This is the central myth of the free market. Part and parcel of a massive internet company is having control over the flow of information, how can people protect their rights if they don't even know they're being violated, or if they're being distracted from protecting themselves by lies and manipu…

Post by nsilvestri » Sat, Jul 06, 2019, 9:17 AM UTC

usaphp wrote: post #210

throw0101a wrote: post #10

At what point should we start worrying about Kessler Syndrome? > The Kessler syndrome (also called the Kessler effect,[1][2] collisional cascading or ablation cascade), proposed by the NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler in 1978, is a scenario in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) is high enough that collisions between objects could cause a cascade in which each collision generates space debris that i…

Think about it in terms of cars. Imagine spread out 3k cars around the surface of the earth. Each car will be thousands of Km away from each other. For example New York has 5 million registered cars. And they manage to use only a fraction of available land dedicated to roads. So I don’t think 3k is anything for a orbit around earth, which is also much bigger than the surface of the earth itself Edit: I am not saying…

Post by sergiosgc » Sat, Jul 06, 2019, 9:36 AM UTC

drewbt wrote: post #215

Surely every country around the world needs to be involved in approving something like this. Amazon does not get my vote to put anything that could potentially become space junk in the air above South Africa. Not yet at least. What is the benefit to humanity as a whole?

Post by 6nf » Sat, Jul 06, 2019, 9:55 AM UTC

sneak wrote: post #47

The amazing thing to me is that this article does not include the words “spacex” or “starlink” once in the webpage. Do you have to pay extra for that sort of press hit?