Posted on 05/27/2019 9:44:36 AM PDT by amorphous
Today we are going to talk about the 60 Starlink satellites that SpaceX just launched in a groundbreaking mission. But more than that we are going to talk about why this mission is such a big deal. I mean they are just satellites right? Surely we already have plenty of satellites around our pale blue dot by now? Here is the thing though. SpaceX have just started an amazing long term mission. Not for any other launch provider, but for themselves. This amazing set of missions aims to create a super low latency telecommunications network. And how are they going to do this? Not by launching just these 60 satellites, which is amazing by itself, but by launching around 12,000 satellites in three sophisticated orbital shells around the world.
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No. Read my profile.
From your profile page, as you suggested I read, you might need to replace your 'BS' detector, but other than that, you sound decent enough, and admittedly accomplished a lot - but then you're just someone posting on the inteweb.
Oh, and you're lack of appreciation for what the private sector is accomplishing in space isn't too indicative of someone with your professed level of accomplishment. I'm a patent holder and pilot myself.
Yeah, trashing up the pristine space environment around earth is an issue, but it's an issue if well managed and shouldn't prevent us from furthering the advancement of mankind.
I wonder how much space debris the Chinese government created when they blew up their own satellite, during an AS test, or how much debris is from the US and Russians, as compared to private launches.
I don't fault you for your criticisms or concerns, but let's be fair.
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