This argument is weird. Everyone, including Starlink knew this was inevitable. It’s not a surprise, it’s not concerning, it’s just a regular old fact. Like the mpg of a vehicle, or the suggested time between oil changes.
These aren’t gigantic things spreading litter everywhere, the pollution concern is minimal as they would have an entry trajectory that causes them to burn up on re-entry.
Wasteful is debatable. I’m not familiar enough with the satellites themselves to say what resources are truly being lost. But if we are being honest, there’s likely more resources lost to improperly sorted trash in a single day, than years worth of these satellites burning up.
As to why, I believe it’s a side effect of aiming for low latency in the connections. Internet becomes more and more frustrating to use the higher the latency. And when people are paying over $100 a month, they aren’t going to be satisfied with high latency connections.
I’d rather it be like this than let a private company litter the sky with satellites that can become space debris. At least with a low orbit like this everything is temporary.
This argument is weird. Everyone, including Starlink knew this was inevitable. It’s not a surprise, it’s not concerning, it’s just a regular old fact. Like the mpg of a vehicle, or the suggested time between oil changes.
It is a surprise and concerning to me. It is so wasteful and polluting. I can’t be the only one who feels like this?
These aren’t gigantic things spreading litter everywhere, the pollution concern is minimal as they would have an entry trajectory that causes them to burn up on re-entry.
Wasteful is debatable. I’m not familiar enough with the satellites themselves to say what resources are truly being lost. But if we are being honest, there’s likely more resources lost to improperly sorted trash in a single day, than years worth of these satellites burning up.
As to why, I believe it’s a side effect of aiming for low latency in the connections. Internet becomes more and more frustrating to use the higher the latency. And when people are paying over $100 a month, they aren’t going to be satisfied with high latency connections.
They cause a lot of light pollution of the night sky, and when they burn up they pollute the atmosphere.
I’d rather it be like this than let a private company litter the sky with satellites that can become space debris. At least with a low orbit like this everything is temporary.