Re:SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation...
by reaperducer on Thursday January 16, 2020 @02:46PM
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The viewing window is actually pretty small.
Tonight. And what about when SpaceX gets all 11,000 satellites up there? And then Amazon's constellation. and then all the other American companies planning to do the same thing. And the European companies. And the Chinese companies and the Indian companies, and on and on and on.
Dropping a piece of plastic in a lake isn't a big deal. Until it's 11,000 pieces of plastic. And then hundreds of other people do it, too.
Re:SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation...
by modeless on Thursday January 16, 2020 @02:59PM
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The viewing window is the same length no matter how many satellites there are at the same altitude, because Earth's shadow is the same for all of them.
Tonight. And what about when SpaceX gets all 11,000 satellites up there? And then Amazon's constellation. and then all the other American companies planning to do the same thing. And the European companies. And the Chinese companies and the Indian companies, and on and on and on.
Dropping a piece of plastic in a lake isn't a big deal. Until it's 11,000 pieces of plastic. And then hundreds of other people do it, too.