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by perilunar 731 days ago
> I never imagined I'd be part of the last generation to see a night sky that isn't full of satellites.

Are you also worried about the sky being full of aircraft? There is fewer than 10,000 satellites in orbit, but more than 30,000 civilian aircraft flying, and around 140,000 commercial flights per day. [1]

> There's nowhere to go, no frontier left to conquer.

Which is precisely what SpaceX is trying to fix.

> now even the sky is full

Nowhere near it.

1. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/statistics

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> Are you also worried about the sky being full of aircraft?

Very much so. But with aircraft we at least have the ability to regulate where they can and can't fly and when etc. via local governments/democracy. The satellites can affect anyone in the world and there's absolutely nothing they can do about it.

> Which is precisely what SpaceX is trying to fix.

Haha, sure...