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Why I have the felling that all the SpaceX fanboys would have the exact opposite opinions if this would be Chinese satellites, - they could use fewer - I am f

Why I have the felling that all the SpaceX fanboys would have the exact opposite opinions if this would be Chinese satellites, - they could use fewer - I am from US why Chinese internet shoudl affect me China, Russia, India will also want their own constellations so I am waiting for when this happen and the hypocrisy starts.

bpodgursky 5y ago
The SpaceX fanboy reaction would 100% be "This is impressive, but it's crazy that we've let China beat us in the race to universal broadband. The US needs to catch up!" The "SpaceX fanboy" mindset is about a belief that humanity has a future outside the earth. Not about jingoism. I've seen literally nobody rooting for the Chinese space station to fail, or the Chinese rovers to crash on Mars.
- simion314 5y ago
  Maybe, but what I see from Musk fans is a lot of statistics and reality bending. so, on short example,you have dudes in big cities with more shit internet then me in a village in eastern Europe so they are pushing for 10000+ of satellites to pollute the entire planet because they and their elected people are incapable of running some cables. Sure, put internet satellites up for the people in isolated places but use the right tool for the job and use cables for the rest, you will use less satellites in the end. Also maybe we should demand this satellites to be placed in a stable geocentrically orbit so it only affects the country of origin.
  - bpodgursky 5y ago
    (1) Latency would be extremely high in geosynchronous orbit. It's a very high orbit. (2) Geosynchronous only works for countries on the equator. There's no such thing as a stable orbit at any orbital inclination (ie, you cannot cover Canada at all).
    - simion314 5y ago
      >(1) Latency would be extremely high in geosynchronous orbit. It's a very high orbit. Is still a shit thing, because of bad infrastructure you have to pollute the sky , make many things harder for astronomers , so population needs to pay more for better software and ground telescopes AND the cherry on top the Musk fans suggest we pay him billions so he can gracefully fix the issue by lifting some telescopes into space (though I am not sure SpaceX can do this yet)

bpodgursky 5y ago

The SpaceX fanboy reaction would 100% be "This is impressive, but it's crazy that we've let China beat us in the race to universal broadband. The US needs to catch up!" The "SpaceX fanboy" mindset is about a belief that humanity has a future outside the earth. Not about jingoism. I've seen literally nobody rooting for the Chinese space station to fail, or the Chinese rovers to crash on Mars.

simion314 5y ago
Maybe, but what I see from Musk fans is a lot of statistics and reality bending. so, on short example,you have dudes in big cities with more shit internet then me in a village in eastern Europe so they are pushing for 10000+ of satellites to pollute the entire planet because they and their elected people are incapable of running some cables. Sure, put internet satellites up for the people in isolated places but use the right tool for the job and use cables for the rest, you will use less satellites in the end. Also maybe we should demand this satellites to be placed in a stable geocentrically orbit so it only affects the country of origin.
- bpodgursky 5y ago
  (1) Latency would be extremely high in geosynchronous orbit. It's a very high orbit. (2) Geosynchronous only works for countries on the equator. There's no such thing as a stable orbit at any orbital inclination (ie, you cannot cover Canada at all).
  - simion314 5y ago
    >(1) Latency would be extremely high in geosynchronous orbit. It's a very high orbit. Is still a shit thing, because of bad infrastructure you have to pollute the sky , make many things harder for astronomers , so population needs to pay more for better software and ground telescopes AND the cherry on top the Musk fans suggest we pay him billions so he can gracefully fix the issue by lifting some telescopes into space (though I am not sure SpaceX can do this yet)