Starlink competition: Eutelsat tests 5G via satellite with smartphones
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One field it impacts is radio astronomy. We can already see Musk's satellites mess with it (unintentionally) and it's probably only going to get worse from here.
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Would have been nice,but sadly we see how the US is handling the UN right now.
At least the EU has decided to get one unified network with Iris2 now. That is at least a step in the right direction.
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In the big picture I expect collisions and debris in LEO are less of a problem because things at that level tend to naturally deorbit without regular use of propulsion to make up for the effects of atmospheric friction (which is tiny, but still there and adding up over time).
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Eh, I don't particularly care much about Elon, he'll eventually go away. But more competition is usually good.
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Accurate.
More competition is good IMO. Ideally, we'll end up with a cross-company agreement to share satellites so each can compete on overall service instead of infrastructure, kind of like municipal wifi.
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In the ocean too?
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Really, the guy currently in charge of trying to dismantle the US government you don't particularly care about? Assuming you aren't from the US, so perhaps US internal politics don't bother you, but he is also pushing for the far right in Germany, which means he wont stop at destroying America for his own profit. The richest man in the world is currently dismantling one of the largest countries in the world should probably concern everybody in the world, at least a little.
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Considering the number of launches that will be required if there isn't just one provider with tens of thousands of satellites floating around? Yeah.
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I’d be concerned about the recent science showing that satellites burning up on reentry could be very significantly more damaging to our atmosphere and the ozone layer than previously thought.
Can you link to a source explaining the phenomenon? I am curious.
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I am from the US, and Musk doesn't actually have the power to do anything, so I'm much more concerned about Trump, who does have the power to do things. Trump is largely following Musk's recommendations, probably without a second thought, and that's a much bigger problem than whatever Musk is doing.
On the scale of things I care about, billionaires are pretty far down there, and the POTUS is pretty far up there.
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I think your though process is on the right track but it seems like you think you're done evaluating things way too quickly.
Musk may not explicitly have the power to do anything, but as we know Trump doesn't give a fuck about the rules and Musk is his right hand man.
I'd argue that Musk does indeed have the power by proxy to do whatever he wants. Billionaires are licking Trump's boots the world over right now... Maybe keep that in mind moving forward.
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Awesome, anything competitive at this point to get off of starlink is welcome.
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And warzones
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Right, I just don't see that as Musk's fault. Musk only has power because Trump gives him power. Musk is just a caricature of a spoiled rich kid who wants to play President, but Trump was actually elected, chosen by the people to lead them.
So I have much higher expectations of Trump than I do of Musk. So any damage Musk causes is directly attributable to Trump.
I have even less control over what Musk does than I do over Trump. For Trump, I can at least push my reps to impeach him, whereas Musk will have Trump's ear regardless of whether he holds his "official" position. So I choose to not particularly care what he does, because there's nothing I can do about it except react emotionally.
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At the moment, what is happening is that people sign up to an existing provider, who then bundles in access as part of the plan.
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Thank you
