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With the recent loss of the 40 SpaceX satellites due to the solar storm, I'm thinking now that I may have written my comment in haste. I grew up in a region wi
by zackmorris 5y ago
With the recent loss of the 40 SpaceX satellites due to the solar storm, I'm thinking now that I may have written my comment in haste.
I grew up in a region with exceptionally low light pollution, staring at the stars and Milky Way in awe, and feel great sorrow for people who don't get to see them. The idea that there will always be a satellite glaring somewhere in the sky now, diminishing that sense of natural wonder, is one of the great tragedies of the modern world IMHO.
But I'm not going to sit here and tell people what to buy. Starlink has great tech, and I do want everyone in the world to have affordable internet access. It's up to each of us to do our own research and vote with our dollars for products that are sustainable, equitable, etc. I think we all want to do better and fix our mistakes, rather than live in the shame of any dishonorable behavior we may have had in the past.