Astronomers push for global debate on giant satellite swarms

Re:Astronomers push for global debate on giant satellite swarms by AlexandrB on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:37PM (#27898233)

> Every $ earned is going back into building better space tech.

And to the shareholders. Who may choose to build casinos in the desert with that money.

> ... and if it succeeds the result is cheap access to space views from space.

It's more accurate to say it will give us access to space views from space at the highest cost that the market will bear. I assure you this cost will be well above what 95% of the world will be able to afford for quite some time. After all, much of the world can't even afford regular flight.

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Re:Astronomers push for global debate on giant satellite swarms by TeMPOraL on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @05:36PM (#27899695)

> And to the shareholders. Who may choose to build casinos in the desert with that money.

There's a reason SpaceX isn't public, and it's precisely that. Starlink was, since its conception, and still is, a way to fund the R&D for opening access to Mars.

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Re:Astronomers push for global debate on giant satellite swarms by 8note on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @06:22PM (#27900092)

That's until musk needs to bail out his family by buying one of their failing businesses like with solar city

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