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Sometimes when I go camping, outside the glow of the city, I see the bright dots of the "Starlink satellite train"—that arc of newly launched satellites on thei
by karaterobot 2y ago
Sometimes when I go camping, outside the glow of the city, I see the bright dots of the "Starlink satellite train"—that arc of newly launched satellites on their way into orbit. Even knowing what they are, and that they're temporary, just seeing them up in the sky is obscene. There should be places you can go where humans can't ruin the view.
- zdragnar 2y agoDevil's advocate/ hot take: this is peak NIMBY, screwing over rural people half a world away because you don't want to see a few extra stars in the night sky when camping.
- karaterobot 2y agoTo be clear, Starlink isn't really the problem, because the satellite train is ephemeral. My point was just that seeing it gives me an idea of how obscene an actual space advertisement would be. Space isn't in my backyard, it's literally something everyone in the world can see—and I'm not saying it's okay for there to be space advertisements in someone else's backyard either. It's bad for everybody.