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How is a massive government infrastructure program that doesn't exist an alternative to a satellite system that does exist? If I'm out in a rural location I can either use satellites for internet or the non-existent government program?

It's also clearly not a loss of an ancient planetary resource. The satellites can't be seen with the naked eye so the vast majority won't notice. Astral photographers and astronomers may have to do slightly more post-processing on certain types of images, but that hardly seems like a big deal.