quite. How long before we see Kesssler syndrome for real? (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02167-5)

@jpaskaruk @Astromeg Dumb counter point:

Less solar energy hits the earth: cooling it.

Really dumb, I know :)

You're just anti-progress being against Starlink's aim of checks notes delivering expensive, mediocre Internet connectivity to 0.4% of the population.

@Rhodium103 @Astromeg Forget where I originally read this, but the goal for the Starlink project is (as I understood it), to offer a slightly faster rate of data transmission than trans-Atlantic data cables, for a few millisecond's edge in microtrading stocks between London and New York, and more broadly allowing daytrading from yachts and vacation destinations with less robust data links. Every other proposed benefit is just window dressing.

What's a little Kessler Syndrome and damage to astronomy planet wide, in the face of helping parasites make more millions, while contributing nothing of value.

....oh bloody marvelous

We need a ban on the Musk satellites right now before they also disturb all GPS signals worldwide

we certainly need better cooperation and stronger incentives for not destroying other peoples activities.