Elon Musk

Out of context: Reply #108

  • Started
  • Last post
  • 1,518 Responses
  • sea_sea0

    Saw his satellite starlink randomly tonight. It was fkn awesome.

    sea_sea 0Permalink
    UpvoteDownvote
    Flag
    • yep, saw it 2 weeks ago, thought I'd finally had an encounter, was impressive until I knew what it was.fadein11
    • Soon the whole night sky will be full of them annoying the shit out of star gazers and astronomers.NBQ00
    • Yeah, this was a bad idea. In space, one object is one object, no matter the size! So 4k tiny satellites are just like 4k space stations, so one accident...grafician
    • ...and all the debris could end our space faring goals.grafician
    • Nope, these won't instigate some runaway Kessler effect and nope, these things will not soon be filling our night sky with trails of bright dots.Nairn
    • The only people who'll be bothered by them will be astronomers doing long-process twilight observations and their concerns are being addressed.Nairn
    • Furthermore, if SpaceX can make money and invest in starships, then our children will have scores of Hubble or JWST -alikes to gaze into the abyss.Nairn
    Show [[ numHiddenNotes ]] more notesAdd Note
    SaveCancel

View thread