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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by csallen on Sunday July 12, 2026 @02:12AM (#48878781)
What do you think is being proposed, exactly? Some sort of alternative sun that's going to shine on the entire earth, that we'll all be forced to look at?
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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by digitaltrees on Monday July 13, 2026 @01:44PM (#48896174)
No. I used a rhetorical device to highlight a theoretical monopoly we assume would never exist. But imagine I launch a space sail that can cast a shadow on any part of earth I chose. I could block or unblock sunlight at will and grant access only for paying customers.

Is that something that should be permitted?

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