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Re: SpaceX wants to launch a million satellites

#21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you people were in charge in the 1800s, you'd ban the industrial revolution and we'd still need slaves for everything.

You don’t think there might be a better solution than having a dozen or more companies all launching thousands of satellites which all perform the same function?

Is there one organization you trust to run the space internet for everyone on earth?

Re: SpaceX wants to launch a million satellites

#22

Should be banned. These companies are destroying a piece of the environment that belongs to all of us - the night sky.

If you people were in charge in the 1800s, you'd ban the industrial revolution and we'd still need slaves for everything.

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Re: SpaceX wants to launch a million satellites

#23

Should be banned. These companies are destroying a piece of the environment that belongs to all of us - the night sky.

If you people were in charge in the 1800s, you'd ban the industrial revolution and we'd still need slaves for everything.

Right, because not wanting the night skies polluted for someone else’s profits, with no fair compensation to me, is somehow the same as banning the Industrial Revolution? What exactly are we not able to do with terrestrial internet?

Re: SpaceX wants to launch a million satellites

#28

Let me fix your title: SpaceX wants investors to think that they will be able to launch millions of satellites.

Yeah I remember reading that what killed the space industry in the 90s-2000s other than the collapse of the USSR and cessation of great power competition was the massive move to digital communications, particularly satellite TV - which mean that a smaller number of satellites could serve the expected demand.
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