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Deep space experts prove Elon Musk's Starlink is interfering in scientific work (www.abc.net.au)

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Scientists, looking deep into space, have long voiced their concerns that satellites are encroaching on their ability to study the cosmos.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For the third time, you cannot separate the grifter from the grift. That's not "Fuck Elon", that's "starlink is not, and never will be, what was promised"

Similarly, you can't weigh an abstract possibility versus a real cost. You want the conversation to be some philosophical discourse about social vs societal value. But it's not that, it's a real situation right now.

And in this real life situation, we have to evaluate what starlink actually is - - a failed toy for wealthy early adopters - - and not what some abstract "could be".

Especially when we know for a fact that any public promises of that potential are certainly intended to mislead and not inform.