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Even if astronomy isn't affected. Can you imagine a grid/net of fast moving satellites, 80,000 satellites covering the entire globe that are visible for 2 to 3

Even if astronomy isn't affected. Can you imagine a grid/net of fast moving satellites, 80,000 satellites covering the entire globe that are visible for 2 to 3 hours every night. This is the thing that creates global suicides. Mark those words. It will happen.

coding123 7y ago
Sorry this is worth more commenting - I am just imagining this network above us. Every centimeter to an inch "visually" a grid pattern crossing over us for a period of 2 hours a night. No, a website that tells you when it's coming, ooooh... No this is every single night, and morning, a grid from HELL. I'm a fairly regular poster, a software engineer, decently intelligent guy - and this future absolutely disgusts me. I hope things change and it ends up not happening. I would rather telephone pole the world.
- ddalex 7y ago
  [DELETED because dups and all that; I guess I got over excited :) ]
nickik 7y ago
You will at most see 2-3 satellites from the whole Starlink constalation and only if you take a lot of care where you look and when. Most people will never even notice those satellites.
- loriverkutya 7y ago
  Not really true: "For his analysis, he factored in the first leg of SpaceX’s Starlink constellation — about 1,600 satellites — as there are better details about the orbits they’re going to. Based on just that initial batch, he estimated that at a latitude of 52 degrees north (about where London is located), there will be 84 Starlink satellites above the horizon at all times. And for many hours around dusk, dawn, and in the nighttime during summer, 15 of those satellites would be visible in the sky at all times, about 30 degrees above the horizon." From here: https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/29/18642577/spacex-starlink-satellite-constellation-astronomy-light-pollution https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/29/18642577/spacex-starlink-...
dzhiurgis 7y ago
If this makes you so upset that you are thinking about suicides - you might be clinically depressed and I suggest you call suicide helpline.

coding123 7y ago

Sorry this is worth more commenting - I am just imagining this network above us. Every centimeter to an inch "visually" a grid pattern crossing over us for a period of 2 hours a night. No, a website that tells you when it's coming, ooooh... No this is every single night, and morning, a grid from HELL. I'm a fairly regular poster, a software engineer, decently intelligent guy - and this future absolutely disgusts me. I hope things change and it ends up not happening. I would rather telephone pole the world.

ddalex 7y ago
[DELETED because dups and all that; I guess I got over excited :) ]

nickik 7y ago

You will at most see 2-3 satellites from the whole Starlink constalation and only if you take a lot of care where you look and when. Most people will never even notice those satellites.

loriverkutya 7y ago
Not really true: "For his analysis, he factored in the first leg of SpaceX’s Starlink constellation — about 1,600 satellites — as there are better details about the orbits they’re going to. Based on just that initial batch, he estimated that at a latitude of 52 degrees north (about where London is located), there will be 84 Starlink satellites above the horizon at all times. And for many hours around dusk, dawn, and in the nighttime during summer, 15 of those satellites would be visible in the sky at all times, about 30 degrees above the horizon." From here: https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/29/18642577/spacex-starlink-satellite-constellation-astronomy-light-pollution https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/29/18642577/spacex-starlink-...

dzhiurgis 7y ago

If this makes you so upset that you are thinking about suicides - you might be clinically depressed and I suggest you call suicide helpline.