• InputZero@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Yeah I’m going to agree with you on this one. It blows my mind that as a species we have changed the night sky. When I was a child seeing a satellite dart across the sky was exciting because it was as rare as a shooting star. Now I look up and see a satellite every few minutes. That said, there have been a few times recently that Star Link was the only method of communication I’ve had in remote areas. It has been very helpful. I think as poorly of Musk as much as the next person but I can at least recognize the ingenuity SpaceX and Star Link.

    • NebLem@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      Really Starlink should be absorbed into and ran by the UN. We only have so much LEO to use, one company is bound to become a monopoly and LEO is the world’s not any nation’s property.

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        10 hours ago

        The UN has no teeth by design and there’s a lot of money to be made privately, what makes you think it would happen?

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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        10 hours ago

        Fuck the UN.

        Seriously - when you choose a country with vile fundamental human rights abuses as the head of the human rights commission…