Is the majority of high detail astronomy done from earth or is it done with satellites? I'm struggling to understand the significance of this
this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2024
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Starlink satellites are like vampires. If we cut off the head of the original vampire they'll all die. I suggest launching Elon musk into the sun on one of his starships
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Science cannot get in the way of profits!
Theoretically if you started lasering these down somehow from international waters... uh, what would happen? Hypothetically?
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And also how does space law work? If you launched a predator satellite that starts taking these out, again, launched from international waters, is that, like, illegal? Considering they're a private company?
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Where's the FCC and ITU on this?