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I mean, most satellites correct their course and dodge stuff every once in a while. There’s just a lot of starlink ones, so you get more dodges. But it’s kinda inevitable.
Would be way worse if they didn’t dodge anything.
The problem is he eventually wants 42,000 of them in orbit.
Instant Kessler syndrome!
Bezos has a plan to do the same, but I think his calls for 100,000. Those two will be the destruction of this planet with their stupid one-upmanship.
While I think Musk is an idiot, Starlink before I had fiber ran to me for some ungodly reason was a godsend. Also, space is big. 42000 satellites is still super insignificant in spaceborne objects over the planet. Also their design is so they burn up relatively quickly, and do not hang out in orbit for long, iirc only a couple years and constantly need to burn to maintain altitude. Sure they look like shit in the sky, but having the network like this is great for rural areas where there is no cell phone or internet service. But, the whole thing isn't very sustainable
The fucking moron just want big number, consequences be damn.