• lefty7283@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          At least for us amateurs satellite trails get completely rejected out during image stacking. They’ll definitely be more of a problem for professional observatories, especially large survey scopes like Vera Rubin

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          11 months ago

          Bruh, are you really going to prioritize a singular type of hobby photography over access to a vital service such as the internet for millions of people? That’s prime NIMBYism.

          They’ve done plenty to help mitigate issues with terrestrial observatories. You could just as easily argue their rocketry advancements have made space much more accessible for the human race, which offsets any remaining harm to research telescopes.

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              11 months ago

              How are we fucking up our ability to go to space with these LEO satellites? That’s quite comical coming from someone calling other people’s statements a “smooth-brained take.”

              It absolutely is NIMBY when you sit here on the internet arguing that rural folks should have their internet access revoked because it’s “spoiling your view.” What difference would it make to any of your listed points if it were an international endeavor rather than a private one?

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            11 months ago

            Yes, I think millions of people around the world shouldn’t have their access to a public good limited by the decisions of two billionaires from one country. I don’t think that’s a particularly strange take?

            If there are going to be tens of thousands of satellites fucking up everyone’s views of the sky, that should be at least be done with some attempt to gain a social licence first.

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      11 months ago

      That’s significantly less of a concern than assisting in elevating a few billion people out of poverty

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          11 months ago

          The internet most assuredly has. Idk about Starlink’s performance at all outside of Ukraine.

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          11 months ago

          My post said:

          Quite excited to see what some competition will do in this space (no pun intended) with Amazon’s upcoming deployment.

          You hate Musk, we get it. Now, try to stay on topic

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            11 months ago

            Again, read the article, you utter moron. Musk is incapable of doing this, and neither is the concept itself. That has literally nothing to do with me. Stop attempting to act correct by not even making a valid point.