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What is their utility? They launched more mass to space than everyone else in the world combined (states and private). Did you mean to question the utility of

• JumpinJack_Cash 3y ago
  Satellites are for comms and military. Consumers don't ever benefit from militaries so the only other option to extract quality of life from space is comms. But given that 90% of the population lives in urban areas comms are much more efficiently done using 5g cell towers and the good old cable fiber. The way I see it, SpaceX is like the SR71 or the Saturn Rocket, monodimensional individuals will always fall in love with such toys and will try to reason their way backwards starting from their love for the toys to find and convince enough fools to finance them playing with such toys and not only that also singing their praise, it seems like it's exactly what is happening.
  • kortilla 3y ago
    > But given that 90% of the population lives in urban areas comms are much more efficiently done using 5g cell towers and the good old cable fiber. Don’t be daft, 10% of the population doesn’t by your own numbers. People in rural areas all over (Alaskan native schools, schools on the Amazon River, etc) are getting online for the first time because of starlink. Your post comes across as “I don’t care about projects to eliminate hunger worldwide because most people have access to food”.