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1. Mina (mina@swiss-talk.net)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 13:11:10 CEST Mina

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   • Mensch, Marina

   @energisch_

   Starlink is surely not planning to do any repair work in space.

   They would just shoot up new satellites, once existing ones become obsolete or go out of order.

   • Mensch, Marina (energisch_@troet.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 13:11:12 CEST Mensch, Marina

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     @Mina plus, it is a lot cheaper to do repair & maintenance work on the cables than on satellites in space

   • Mina (mina@swiss-talk.net)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 13:11:13 CEST Mina

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     • Mastodon Migration
     • kevin

     @mastodonmigration

     Exactly!

     You don't need low orbit satellites to provide remote internet.

     Except perhaps for the extreme circumpolar regions, the entire planet already has internet access via geostationary satellites (you might not be able to play online roleplay games because of longer latency, but that's not a valid reason for filling space with rubbish).

     Besides: How many 1000s of km of fibre optic cable can be laid over land for a single rocket launch?

     @feelnotes @AmyZenunim

   • Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 13:11:29 CEST Mastodon Migration

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     • kevin

     @feelnotes @AmyZenunim Sorry no. Remote internet does not justify filling low earth orbit with space junk and wrecking terrestrial astronomy. And once these things start smashing into each other we are going to have real problem. This is insanity.

   • kevin (feelnotes@alaskan.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 13:11:31 CEST kevin

     @AmyZenunim fwiw this issue is more complicated for people living in remote communities without other high speed internet options