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Eventually everyone is going to get connected, yes. I mean someone in Norway also had to draw a powerline to these people, to use electricity. Why not draw a f
by apexalpha 6y ago
Eventually everyone is going to get connected, yes.
I mean someone in Norway also had to draw a powerline to these people, to use electricity. Why not draw a fiber link, too? It's just part of infrastructure.
I'm not saying that Starlink isn't useful. I'm just really wondering what the implications for astronomy are going to be, whether we will always see these things at dusk.
Now it's Starlink, but what if 3 or 4 companies in total want to have a network? What if on top of that China and India want their own, just like GPS?
It just seems we're running head first into this without anyone thinking of the implications or governance of it.
- Aeolun 6y ago> I'm just really wondering what the implications for astronomy are going to be More space based telescopes?
- heavenlyblue 6y agoYou don’t need to draw a power line if you can just tap to a local mountain river
- sgt 6y agoI think it'll be nicely self regulated. It's expensive to run, those that are not profitable will not be able to maintain their network and being in low orbit, those satellites will fall into the sky and burn up.
- ballenf 6y agoHopefully using satellites like this is a temporary solution for the next decade or two until we have a better solution. Their limited lifespan is what makes me much less pessimistic than I would be. They have relatively high maintenance costs which means that if utilization is low, it won't make sense to keep replacing them.
- menybuvico 6y agoThe power lines were, to a large extent, built with U.S. money after the war. Many rural areas have seen little infrastructure investments since then. Anyway, if governments, businesses and individuals care enough then it's easy enough to develop that infrastructure now. The satellites will come down in a few years. Who volunteers to tell Musk?