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by jve 2312 days ago
Yes, we know: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1228598015247536129

> @elonmusk: albedo will drop significantly on almost every successive launch

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"Albedo" sounds like visible light. That's fine for those guys. Then there's x-ray and above, and infrared- and radio- below. Doubt they'll be able to make those sats soak up all EM radiation. And a few thousand of them will also be bouncing ground-based signals back down in all directions ... forget about isolation from earth-based sigs in basins.

I don't recall any beforehand news of this being publicly discussed.

"Funding secured."
I don't think TSLA would have a lot of trouble securing their $420 funding, given the current $800 stock price.
That’s missing the point completely.