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Scientists, looking deep into space, have long voiced their concerns that satellites are encroaching on their ability to study the cosmos.

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[–] dragontamer 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well, a quick google makes me think a single cell tower and a single satellite are close to the same price.

All the satellites in question burn up within 10ish years due to their placement in orbit. In fact, a large number of SpaceX satellites already exploded due to mistakes during their deployment.

Cell towers don't burn up like that just sitting around.

I think it would take a lot more work and money to set up towers in the poor countries/areas infrastructure doesn’t exist/hard terrain/desolate areas/warzones/middle of the ocean/etc. But you’d have to weigh in the sacrificing space, which is invaluable to me personally.

Cool. We already have Hughesnet and have had it for decades.