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Re:How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astrono... by knolax on Thursday August 27, 2020 @07:05AM (#24292394)
Elon Musk and some investors don't represent humanity. Hell I doubt even SpaceX values Starlink all that much, most employees I know say that it exists mostly as a filler payload during launches.
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Re:How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astrono... by badwolf on Thursday August 27, 2020 @10:45AM (#24294160)
The fact that they are doing tens of dedicated launches solely for Starlink says otherwise.

Starlink is looking to be a multi-billion dollar business by itself.

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Re:How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astrono... by TeMPOraL on Thursday August 27, 2020 @07:41PM (#24299935)
Whose whole point was a sustainable funding source for SpaceX R&D. In this sense, it's fair for SpaceX employees to consider it "filler payload", given that they have their sights set on Mars. And everyone else, astronomers included, will benefit from drastically cheaper access to space.
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