As Skies Fill With Space Junk, Nonprofit Urges US to Pause StarLink Launches

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1. While the US strives to bring down Starlink, the Chinese applaud this initiative, thus leaving the way clear for their constellation to dominate without a competitor

2. Can you place bets on if/when we reach Kessler Syndrome? I’d bet within 20 years.

3. I bet this Nonprofit hasn’t had to live with 10 Mbps being the only option available to you. . . Seriously, until broadband is available to everyone using another technology Starlink is needed; any other satellite internet operators are woefully lacking in price, speed, latency, or data caps.

   This is one of those times it is a necessary evil.

4. >“I’ll applaud SpaceX for developing reusable rockets,” Jah says. “But we don’t have reusable satellites. What we launch is equivalent to a single-use plastic. Every single satellite has its destiny—to become garbage. That’s the destiny of everything we launch.”