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Not really...Either Starlink and the rest fail, and the skies clear up again shortly as failed projects get de-orbited. Or they succeed and there will be many e

Not really...Either Starlink and the rest fail, and the skies clear up again shortly as failed projects get de-orbited. Or they succeed and there will be many established bases in space for research and telescopes. It's not like the funds from Starlink are going to be used to build casinos in the desert or something. Every $ earned is going back into building better space tech. So if it fails no problem for space views from Earth, and if it succeeds the result is cheap access to space views from space.

yunohn 5y ago
Could you link to any sources that claim Starlink profits will be used to facilitate astronomy research? Quite an absurd assumption without proof tbh.
- cryptoz 5y ago
  First, I never said that. Please read my comment again. Second, Starlink exists to fund the start of a permanent self-sustaining colony of millions of people on Mars. I'm not sure how they would get to that without also doing and supporting a lot of astronomy research along the way.
  - yunohn 5y ago
    Your assumptions continue but to be unsupported by sources, but rather, blind fanboyism. Do you have proof that Starlink profits will go towards funding a Mars colony? Or that research into astronomical observations will be required for building a space colony? Or even if so, the overlap somehow helps astronomers on earth?
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      - yunohn 5y ago
        > Who said I even support any of this anyway? You sure do sound like you support all of this; definitely don’t sound unbiased (or unhinged). > This is well-established fact. That’s completely untrue. A passing mention by Elon Musk, that Starlink could provide revenue for a Mars colony is not proof. Starlink is barely functional, not profitable, and does not show cash flow necessary to fund itself, let alone a Mars colony and astronomy research. Where are you getting a million people on Mars, doing astronomy research? > Is that a valid source to you? This is an incredibly bad faith discussion, fueled by someone with very little understanding of astronomy and economics. Of course you’re not a source.
    - TeMPOraL 5y ago
      > Do you have proof that Starlink profits will go towards funding a Mars colony? Funding transportation to Mars to enable establishing the colony, and the question should be, do you have evidence this is not the case? Because this was what Musk/SpaceX have been saying since Starlink was barely an idea, and I haven't seen anyone prove they're lying.
- m4rtink 5y ago
  AFAIK SpaceX and Elon have said Starlink profits will fund their Mars exploration plans. That effectively hands-on astronomy! ;-) On a more serious note, if you get the infrastructure going to get a lot of hardware and people to Mars, then getting some more modern space observatories should be quite easy.
AlexandrB 5y ago
> Every $ earned is going back into building better space tech. And to the shareholders. Who may choose to build casinos in the desert with that money. > ... and if it succeeds the result is cheap access to space views from space. It's more accurate to say it will give us access to space views from space at the highest cost that the market will bear. I assure you this cost will be well above what 95% of the world will be able to afford for quite some time. After all, much of the world can't even afford regular flight.
- TeMPOraL 5y ago
  > And to the shareholders. Who may choose to build casinos in the desert with that money. There's a reason SpaceX isn't public, and it's precisely that. Starlink was, since its conception, and still is, a way to fund the R&D for opening access to Mars.
  - 8note 5y ago
    That's until musk needs to bail out his family by buying one of their failing businesses like with solar city

yunohn 5y ago

Could you link to any sources that claim Starlink profits will be used to facilitate astronomy research? Quite an absurd assumption without proof tbh.

cryptoz 5y ago
First, I never said that. Please read my comment again. Second, Starlink exists to fund the start of a permanent self-sustaining colony of millions of people on Mars. I'm not sure how they would get to that without also doing and supporting a lot of astronomy research along the way.
- yunohn 5y ago
  Your assumptions continue but to be unsupported by sources, but rather, blind fanboyism. Do you have proof that Starlink profits will go towards funding a Mars colony? Or that research into astronomical observations will be required for building a space colony? Or even if so, the overlap somehow helps astronomers on earth?
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    - yunohn 5y ago
      > Who said I even support any of this anyway? You sure do sound like you support all of this; definitely don’t sound unbiased (or unhinged). > This is well-established fact. That’s completely untrue. A passing mention by Elon Musk, that Starlink could provide revenue for a Mars colony is not proof. Starlink is barely functional, not profitable, and does not show cash flow necessary to fund itself, let alone a Mars colony and astronomy research. Where are you getting a million people on Mars, doing astronomy research? > Is that a valid source to you? This is an incredibly bad faith discussion, fueled by someone with very little understanding of astronomy and economics. Of course you’re not a source.
  - TeMPOraL 5y ago
    > Do you have proof that Starlink profits will go towards funding a Mars colony? Funding transportation to Mars to enable establishing the colony, and the question should be, do you have evidence this is not the case? Because this was what Musk/SpaceX have been saying since Starlink was barely an idea, and I haven't seen anyone prove they're lying.
m4rtink 5y ago
AFAIK SpaceX and Elon have said Starlink profits will fund their Mars exploration plans. That effectively hands-on astronomy! ;-) On a more serious note, if you get the infrastructure going to get a lot of hardware and people to Mars, then getting some more modern space observatories should be quite easy.

AlexandrB 5y ago

> Every $ earned is going back into building better space tech. And to the shareholders. Who may choose to build casinos in the desert with that money. > ... and if it succeeds the result is cheap access to space views from space. It's more accurate to say it will give us access to space views from space at the highest cost that the market will bear. I assure you this cost will be well above what 95% of the world will be able to afford for quite some time. After all, much of the world can't even afford regular flight.

TeMPOraL 5y ago
> And to the shareholders. Who may choose to build casinos in the desert with that money. There's a reason SpaceX isn't public, and it's precisely that. Starlink was, since its conception, and still is, a way to fund the R&D for opening access to Mars.
- 8note 5y ago
  That's until musk needs to bail out his family by buying one of their failing businesses like with solar city