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There's a big difference between a landmark and polluting the entire planet's night sky with thousands of reflective satellites.
by ra 6y ago
There's a big difference between a landmark and polluting the entire planet's night sky with thousands of reflective satellites.
- thereisnospork 6y agoOther than scale I really don't see the difference between '''desicrating''' a skyline with ugly[0] architecture and starlink et al. Sure some architecture stays ugly - but preserving the aesthetics of a sky(line) ranks really low on my list of things that are worth stopping progress over.
- mikro2nd 6y agoIt's not primarily about aesthetics, but about the ability to do fundamental science. Ugly buildings don't obstruct observation of the universe.
- SiempreViernes 6y agoObviously they obstruct it a bit, but generally in places you don't try to do any astronomy anyway. The real innovation of Starlink is cutting the link to the start over the almost the entirety of the Earths surface, true market disruptor move right there.
- valuearb 6y agoExcept they aren’t visible in the night sky. They are in super low orbits, meaning they are in the earths shadow at night, and only have sunlight to reflect during dawn/dusk, when they are usually low in the horizon.