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NNadir

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5. You're not missing anything. You're just doing something very unpopular.

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Mon May 27, 2019, 01:34 PM

May 2019

You're being aware.

Being reality based is not good for you in these times.

Elon Musk is a plague, a popular plague subject to much mindless cheering here and elsewhere, but a plague all the same.

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So SpaceX puts 60 satellites in orbit... and they plan to add 11,988 more. [View all] 3Hotdogs May 2019 OP

See... PoliticAverse May 2019 #1

I am sure Space Force will have a control tower to manage democratisphere May 2019 #2

They just put 60 up HuskyOffset May 2019 #3

Wasn't it more like 5 dozen? bitterross May 2019 #4

60 of one, 5 dozen of the other ... nt eppur_se_muova May 2019 #6

You're not missing anything. You're just doing something very unpopular. NNadir May 2019 #5

Sure, let's TRIPLE the number of objects in orbit. What could go wrong ? eppur_se_muova May 2019 #7

SpaceX satellites pose new headache for astronomers Jim__ May 2019 #8

Link to The Guardian nitpicker May 2019 #9

After SpaceX Starlink Launch, a Fear of Satellites That Outnumber All Visible Stars dalton99a Jun 2019 #10