Commercial satellite launches have emerged as a new business frontier as companies look to place their own devices in space for imagery, cheap internet and other services.
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How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
Sorry connecting 3 Billion people to the internet takes priority. In several years, if these constellation programs make a profit I would support a small tax (less than 1%) on the satellite owners to fund space telescopes to replace the reduced usefulness of ground based telescopes.
What a bunch of bullcrap! Send up a 1000 or heck 4000 small mirrors in similar missions and assemble a big ass optical or radio telescope or whatever in space!
Sorry connecting 3 Billion people to the internet takes priority. In several years, if these constellation programs make a profit I would support a small tax (less than 1%) on the satellite owners to fund space telescopes to replace the reduced usefulness of ground based telescopes.
What a bunch of bullcrap! Send up a 1000 or heck 4000 small mirrors in similar missions and assemble a big ass optical or radio telescope or whatever in space!