SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth

Post by haakon » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC

digitaltrees wrote: post #379

I have started to see what I think are star link satellites at night on walks with my kids. It actually makes me sad to see that on person owns the night sky and is changing the literal stars my kids will grow up with. It feels different when it’s the government that theoretically represents people but when it’s one person that feels truly depressing.

Post by csb6 » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC

haakon wrote: post #811

digitaltrees wrote: post #379

I have started to see what I think are star link satellites at night on walks with my kids. It actually makes me sad to see that on person owns the night sky and is changing the literal stars my kids will grow up with. It feels different when it’s the government that theoretically represents people but when it’s one person that feels truly depressing.

> It actually makes me sad to see that on person owns the night sky SpaceX has many owners, especially post-IPO. You, too, can buy the sky and sell the sky.

Post by k12sosse » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC

franciscop wrote: post #610

digitaltrees wrote: post #379

I have started to see what I think are star link satellites at night on walks with my kids. It actually makes me sad to see that on person owns the night sky and is changing the literal stars my kids will grow up with. It feels different when it’s the government that theoretically represents people but when it’s one person that feels truly depressing.

I feel that way about street advertising, beautiful European cities with historical buildings all around and suddenly a big screen/panel asking you to buy whatever.

Post by rr808 » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC

consumer451 wrote: post #5

When Starlink first became available here in poor-ish Central-EU, I was excited. Then, only months later, but after years of planning: EU funding brought fiber to my farm area, at ~$25/900mbps 10ms. While my story is just n=1, I don't understand the huge upside for Starlink outside of Africa or India, where they have However, I am dumb, and very open to be convinced.

Post by k12sosse » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC

inglor_cz wrote: post #607

shevy-java wrote: post #482

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Agreed - I'd consider this public pollution caused by extremely greedy billionaires ruining the planet. They could only amass money because they did not care about social responsibilities prior to do so; any contrary statement made by them to this is only lies, lies and more lies. Unfortunately you need a government that cares for the whole; in the USA oligarchs rule, so the general public are treated as paying slave…

"I'd consider this public pollution caused by extremely greedy billionaires ruining the planet." This is such a weird framing, as if Starlink was a frivolous project for some rich person's fun. There is genuine demand for orbital ISP from people, including people in poorer countries whom a better connectivity may help improve their incomes and lives, where an alternative is basically impossible (you won't get optic f…