As SpaceX Launches Starlink, Scientists See Threat to ‘Astronomy Itself’

Re:As SpaceX Launches Starlink, Scientists See Threat to ‘As... by kfk on Monday November 11, 2019 @03:24PM (#21508510)

This is crazy, so we are seriously adding 8 times the number of satellites without having a clear understanding of the impact this would be on things like... being able to see soon enough asteroids coming towards Earth?

I don't get it. Why are we going so fast? We don't have to.

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Re:As SpaceX Launches Starlink, Scientists See Threat to ‘As... by javagram on Monday November 11, 2019 @07:14PM (#21510294)

We don’t have a solution for an asteroid coming toward earth anyway right now.

It’s not illegal so SpaceX will try and do it and then astronomers can try and adapt. If it turns out to really bad, SpaceX could be forced to deorbit the satellites I suppose, but that seems unlikely.

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Re:As SpaceX Launches Starlink, Scientists See Threat to ‘As... by chmaynard on Monday November 11, 2019 @05:17PM (#21509480)

This is a classic case of American huckster capitalism. Don't ask permission, don't think about the big picture. Barrel ahead and try to corner the market. The goal is to gain profit at any expense.

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