[drstewart]

>Not every progress is good progress

And you're the judge of this based on your likes and hobbies?

Anyway, I agree. Just ask the people blocking the HS2 or CaHSR about how sad the train plowing through their communities makes them feel. We need to tear down all trains, not every progress is good progress

[RandomLensman]

Would you say it might at least be fair to discuss how things that affect everyone are decided upon or how externalities are compensated for? Or should it be free for all?

[user43928]

Are there not processes in place, with the FCC?

The top comment here is someone lamenting how depressing it is that supposedly a single person owns the night sky.

Another one is asking if we will be the last generation to see the night sky.

[vkou]

> Are there not processes in place, with the FCC?

The impartiality of those processes is a bit in question when the prime mover here is so far in bed with the executive that he gets to go up on stage during inauguration to sieg a few heils.

(And is then given a free hand to fire whomever he wants from the federal government.)

[inemesitaffia]

SpaceX has launched satellite under a previous government and even got them to fund deployment.

The ITU has also approved SpaceX actions.

[RandomLensman]

If there is a lot of change to how the night sky looks like could perhaps be worth a discussion on if the process is still the right one (and if it is global enough).

[user43928]

That is fair enough.

Yet with how political and dramatized the discussion around this is even on this website here, I fear that any opportunity to block or delay more SpaceX satellites will be used to the fullest.

I am concerned that this might hinder innovation. If you involve other countries, would this not be likely to become an extremely hard and slow regulatory process?

I understand that SpaceX's mitigation methods have been effective, and that the current satellites are on average around the limit of being visible to the naked eye under a very dark sky.

Personally I am eager to see more of these satellites enable 5G like cellular coverage outdoors in rural areas.

Perhaps I am more open to change in the appearance of nature than others. Some oppose also wind turbines in our mountains, where I usually think that they look cool and typically make the landscape more interesting.

[matwood]

I feel similarly. For example, when I see wind farms it gives me hope that we are moving towards more sustainable fuels. It also makes me feel like I've lived long enough to see the future.

With that said, I think we should have honest conversations about the benefits vs. the impacts, but also realize nothing is stagnant, not even nature.

[RandomLensman]

I don't have the answers here, I a afraid, but not having at least the broader discussion might also not help (not sure what is already happening there, though).