> "Obviously not everyone can pick up and relocate to the woods to experience the unobscured beauty of the sky. But there still are, for now, places where you’d expect not to see artificial stars passing overhead." Well the writer may expect it, but it hasn't really existed for a long time. If Starlink enables me to live somewhere like the western states or the great north woods and still work remotely and stay conne…
That's great for you. What about those who aren't willing to accept that tradeoff? It seems there's literally no action we can take besides voicing our concerns on fora like this. I'm deeply concerned about the ramifications of Starlink and the precedents it sets for further sky pollution. For all of mankind's history we've been able to look to the skies for guidance, inspiration, knowledge and truth. Space objects h…
If you think of starlink sattelites being visible as a form of pollution, light pollution I suppose in this case, then it makes sense why the economics aren't priced in and there's little that can be done by a minority of this impacted.