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millions of people own telescopes (most with internet access already) and for 99.999% of them there is no upside.
by leeoniya 6y ago
millions of people own telescopes (most with internet access already) and for 99.999% of them there is no upside.
- CamperBob2 6y agoThey'll live.
- harimau777 6y agoShouldn't the companies that launch these satellites be responsible for their externalities?
- coryrc 6y agoWhy is whoever is first has the moral high ground? That's why cities in California have a water shortage while people are growing alfalfa and exporting it for less than what others would pay for the water alone.
- leeoniya 6y agoyou can choose not to live in CA. you cannot choose not to live under the common sky, or breath the common air. unless you're suggesting to just avoid looking up at night? this is a whole 'nother level of NIMBY.
- jessaustin 6y agoNIMS ("not in my sky")? Yes that would be an escalation in this already tedious boomer tendency.
- harimau777 6y agoI'm not sure that being able to see the stars is an unreasonable thing to ask. There is probably some middle ground between allowing NIMBYs to hold society hostage and not giving homeowners any rights over their broader environment.
- jessaustin 6y agoThey could launch billions of micro-cubesats into LEO, and it wouldn't block anyone's view of the stars. They're too small and they're moving too fast. Besides, at some point there will be a valid reason to have a visible device in orbit. I don't want any precedent set that some small number of narcissists can repeat e.g. the opposition to offshore wind power we've seen on Martha's Vineyard.