SpaceX's private control of satellite internet concerns military leaders: report
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"We worry that if we order devices from Starlink, we'll fall into some sort of trap."

SpaceX’s Private Control Of Satellite Internet Concerns Military Leaders::Military leaders around the world have expressed concerns over the dominance of SpaceX founder Elon Musk when it comes to satellite-based internet services.

  • CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Hm, i still see it critically as said starlink and its competitors launch thousands of satellites into low earth orbit, if things go badly once this might make space travel impossible for decades and they fuck with earth bound telescopes majorly as well. I get you needing internet, but there should be better options.

    • Bo7a@lemmy.caEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      Space is really really big. We have so much space junk out at further orbits that the 5 or 6k starlink satellites just doesn’t concern me.

      I feel some guilt in how badly this LEO type of constellation will impact astronomy and astro-photography as more companies try to get some profits out of the sky. But again, I think that internet access for those who live in remote areas is one of the tools we will use to improve as a species. - as long as the current disinformation and hateclicking is reined in within the coming 10 or 20 years.

      • CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        I’ve linked a video explaining it, please watch it, its a actual issue and “space is big” doesn’t mean earth orbit being a cloud of shrapnel is ok.

        • Bo7a@lemmy.caEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          I get it. And I am not saying this is the optimal solution. I am saying that out of the 30000 objects big enough to track in orbit, 5000 of those being internet providing satellites seems, to me, like a worthwhile trade-off until something better comes along to not leave every rural person on earth out of the information economy that they are all subservient to, to some extent.