Amazon Seeks Permission to Launch 3k Internet Satellites

Re:Amazon Seeks Permission to Launch 3k Internet Satellites by jimmaswell on Saturday July 06, 2019 @12:03AM (#20367738)

Astronomy is fine and all but I think this is more important.

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Re:Amazon Seeks Permission to Launch 3k Internet Satellites by chillydawg on Saturday July 06, 2019 @04:34AM (#20368643)

Without astronomy, this whole enterprise couldn't have happened.

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Re:Amazon Seeks Permission to Launch 3k Internet Satellites by jimmaswell on Saturday July 06, 2019 @11:19AM (#20370085)

All the necessary physics could have been developed just fine even if there had always been a dense fog of debris surrounding the earth past the moon.

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Re:Amazon Seeks Permission to Launch 3k Internet Satellites by macawfish on Saturday July 06, 2019 @04:05AM (#20368562)

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

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Re:Amazon Seeks Permission to Launch 3k Internet Satellites by jimmaswell on Saturday July 06, 2019 @10:18AM (#20369794)

Worldwide satellite internet access provides more value to humanity than identifying stars. Maybe some telescopes should be put on the moon/mars anyway.

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Re:Amazon Seeks Permission to Launch 3k Internet Satellites by macawfish on Saturday July 06, 2019 @11:31AM (#20370143)

I'd tend to disagree with ya on that!

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Re:Amazon Seeks Permission to Launch 3k Internet Satellites by zeristor on Saturday July 06, 2019 @05:43AM (#20368823)

The Big Bang vs Cat videos?

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