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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by hnhg on Saturday July 11, 2026 @07:05AM (#48870915)
We're also facing a climate and pollutant crisis as a species so we seem only capable of thinking in the short term. We're not doing that well right now after only a brief period of industrialisation.
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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by tticvs on Saturday July 11, 2026 @07:41AM (#48871162)
We're doing extremely well compared to an unimaginably long period of pre-industrialization.
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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by hnhg on Saturday July 11, 2026 @08:02AM (#48871294)
In the short-term. Thanks for proving my point on perspective.
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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by tticvs on Saturday July 11, 2026 @08:09AM (#48871348)
Yes, so let's think long term. How do we keep it rolling? Perhaps we will need to continue to advance our technology, especially moving industries to space where there is no ecosphere.
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