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I want a mesh of satellites around the earth. I’m a normal guy who’s has wanted that before anyone was doing it. I don’t think I was brain washed by the billionaire sat mesh propaganda, probably because it doesn’t exist. Huh.

I don’t think your position is very strong. Your team isn’t very large. The vast majority of people live in super light polluted areas, light pollution that takes a way bigger bite out of the night sky than sats ever will. And they don’t seem to care. Plus you have the fact that this emerging space industry, the only part of which you seem to be able to appreciate is low earth orbit, will bring people closer to space than ever before. So who are you to deny space and astronomy enthusiasts of the future the opportunity to actually be in space and experience the stars from there?

For real. Minimal changes to the night sky especially for people (majority) who aren’t into space. Revolution in prices that cascades to space telescopes and actual space tourism and multi planetary society. have you lost your mind?



> I want a mesh of satellites around the earth.

I assume your motivation is (alongside with a bunch of us), "bring people closer to space than ever before", but you have provided no evidence, that polluting low earth orbit with arguably redudant satellites is a good approach.

You seem to imply that it will lead in "revolution in prices". I too, commend SpaceX for the landing boosters, but for now it doesn't reduce the price nowhere near enough to let humanity approach the space age. Starlink comparatively, IMO does nothing.

Space tethers, anyone?


There's a big difference. We can (and should) fix light pollution incrementally. Once we are dependent on satellite arrays, we will never fix it.




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