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Re:With latency as low as 25ms, SpaceX to launch broadband s... by Klathmon on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @05:42PM (#14260421)
Well seeing as any future business in either rockets or satellite internet both depend on not creating space junk, I think they are pretty motivated to not let that happen.
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Re:With latency as low as 25ms, SpaceX to launch broadband s... by DamnYuppie on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @06:03PM (#14260604)
Humanity is not so good at doing things in their best interests. We have over utilized any natural resource we have ever consumed often to our own determent.
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Re:With latency as low as 25ms, SpaceX to launch broadband s... by dharma1 on Thursday May 04, 2017 @05:41AM (#14263671)
Exactly. Evolution has not primed us with reward mechanisms linked to long term goals relating to pollution or over-utilisation of natural resources. Also financial incentives are often misaligned with these long term goals. As a result we have a tendency to create a mess - on land, in the oceans, in space, wherever we spread
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