The astronomers are calling on the FCC to hit pause or deny SpaceX's request to launch nearly 30,000 satellites for the second-generation Starlink network.
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All political. There is so much room out there. Like grains of sand on the beach. 30,000 grains of sand fills a hole a kid digs with a plastic shovel.
...not so much "political" as it is a threat to the current internet providers who are using politicians to block this technology....
Isn't that political???
Not necessarily, but it assists the ISP oligopoly by denying this.
I had to look up ISP oligopoly. Thanks, I learned something!
As a photographer, I have to disagree. Those satellites already pollute the night sky when we try to take long exposure images. I can't imagine another 30 thousand of them. Geez, attempt to improve the tech instead. I'd love internet in the middle of nowhere, but I don't want to see it up there either.
Understand your concern. My comment is that there is a lot of space for these satellites. Long term exposure photography is important. Don't get me wrong. The technology will improve as soon as we become a free country again.
You do realize they aren't spread far out.... Amazon got approvsl to put a massive amount of low orbit satts up. Thry're crowding the space around us... then Blacksky got a huge gov contract...
But adding more satellites messes up the view of the real stars in the sky. There are enough lights moving around up there already.