Are we not concerned about Kessler syndrome anymore so that we think that hastily doubling the amount of satellites around there is a good idea?
The news came in that SpaceX rocket stage will accidentally hit the Moon and will become first billionaire made garbage/pollution there.
Are we sure we trust this company with not devastating low earth orbit due to some accidents?
And for what? For expensive mediocre internet for limited number of users in places where infrastructure is lacking? Infrastructure? You know, the thing we should build more of, that serves poor people? Those people that limited expensive mediocre toys don't serve?
> And for what? For expensive mediocre internet for limited number of users in places where infrastructure is lacking? Infrastructure? You know, the thing we should build more of, that serves poor people? Those people that limited expensive mediocre toys don't serve?
Huh? Internet service is infrastructure.
There are lots of people in rural areas that don't have proper service. The goal is to get them service, by whatever method is most effective. And in lots of areas, starlink is more effective than running wires.
So why shouldn't we use starlink for those people? It's nonsense to balk at the price if you're suggesting we do something even more expensive. If the price is too high then we can apply subsidies to it. Instead of applying those subsidies to offerings that are worse.
No, cause Elon is obsessed with
Mars, and a Kessler cascade would make it that much harder to set up a Mars base, so even just from a totally self-serving angle, Elon has a high prerogative to avoid space collisions.
Not to mention it would be terrible for SpaceX business on a far shorter timescale.
If there's one thing you can count on, it's that billionaires will defend their bottom line.
In an interview last year (forget with who, maybe Jay Leno?), Elon gave the entire interview while his Tesla was driving them around. I'm guessing he puts a lot of faith into it. Though he probably only drives around areas that are pretty well tested in Teslas already.
The news came in that SpaceX rocket stage will accidentally hit the Moon and will become first billionaire made garbage/pollution there.
Are we sure we trust this company with not devastating low earth orbit due to some accidents?
And for what? For expensive mediocre internet for limited number of users in places where infrastructure is lacking? Infrastructure? You know, the thing we should build more of, that serves poor people? Those people that limited expensive mediocre toys don't serve?