[Bullish]

It figures... We can’t have nothin’ nice.

[Theophilus]

https://satellitemap.space/

[dayglored]

While it's true that there's an ever-increasing amount of stuff orbiting Earth, the fact is that collisions between man-made objects are extremely unlikely, and generally easy to avoid. Naturally occurring micrometeoroid hits are much more likely and they've got nothing to do with humans; they're just part of space.

Space is really, really, really big. You have no concept of how much room there is up there. The answer is right in the article:

“Space is not overcrowded. We humans are just really crap at understanding scale and numbers.”

This headline is pure clickbait.

[Qwapisking]

spynet now. later...hmmm.

[ExGeeEye]

“Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.”

― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

[moovova]

"One onlooker called the video“depressing”, before adding: “Literally in only a few years they will outnumber the stars themselves."

Gotta hand it to public education.

[yelostar]

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/27/spacex-wins-first-pentagon-contract-for-starshield.html

SpaceX wins first Pentagon contract for Starshield, its satellite network for military use

The Pentagon has awarded Elon Musk’s SpaceX its first confirmed contract for the Starshield network it’s developing, a military-specific version of the company’s Starlink satellite internet system, the defense agency said Wednesday.

“The SpaceX contract provides for Starshield end-to-end service (via the Starlink constellation), user terminals, ancillary equipment, network management and other related services,” Space Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek told CNBC.

The company unveiled Starshield last year as a new business line. The Pentagon is already a high-value buyer of the company’s rocket launches and had shown increasing interest in its Starlink satellite internet.

SpaceX has given few details about the intended scope and capabilities of Starshield. It markets the service as the center of an “end-to-end,” dedicated offering for national security with capabilities distinct from its Starlink consumer and enterprise network.

SpaceX’s award for Starshield follows its June win of a Pentagon contract to buy an undefined number of Starlink ground terminals for use in Ukraine.

The initial phase of the Starshield contract obligates $15 million to SpaceX by Sept. 30, to provide services that support 54 military “mission partners” across Department of Defense branches, the spokesperson said.

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Musk’s companies SpaceX, Starlink, Neuralink - we’re always intended to have military and “national security” purposes. SpaceX and Starlink with DoD, Neuralink with DARPA.

Starshield - could very well be the main piece of the 24/7 surveillance umbrella, operating globally - that will track and observe human interaction everywhere on earth.

[BigFreakinToad]

Just more space junk. I’m more concerned about the monopoly that Google holds and to a lesser extent Fuckerberg.

[Sequoyah101]

Only at sundown in the right conditions. /s 43,000 of these things are not a massive change to our world worth some higher degree of consideration. So far he is just doing it and daring anyone to stop him. What is more, if he does not do this won’t someone else or will they do it anyway adding to the junk in our skies?