Why would the carrying capacity drop? The sourced article is full of unsourced prose http://www.paulchefurka.ca/CC_Overshoot.html

Sorry greenpeace, I’m an environmentalist myself, but this article is just a bunch of made up BS

All of the people who can afford it live in cities that have perfectly good internet.

I think this generalization is far from valid

• You’re assuming US prices, Starlink can go cheaper and they have shown they will do market specific pricing
• South Africa is one example where there are plenty of areas outside big cities where people could afford it
• Starlink doesn’t have to be ordered by individuals. Smaller rural communities could have a shared terminal

This is assuming it’s not cheaper/faster to just use mobile service, which has had great adoption in Africa and will probably be true in a lot of areas as you noted. Still, there’s a ton of people in Africa and a lot of area to cover. I think there is a good market there for Starlink

Africa will be a huge market for Starlink I think.

Regarding the fee, probably the seller concerning the sale of the terminal. But Starlink would have to provide a contract, so they could be liable as well. Depends who the contract party is - in this case I suppose it is an abroad address. That should be easy to fix for Starlink by geoblocking for now

I guess the reason it works at all right now is due to RV type mobile contracts

The funniest part is that Bezos got sued into paying Musk by his own shareholders

Let’s spell that out: Bezos is paying Musk to launch his satellites

Are you drunk? This is posted by SpaceX official account

Yeah, I saw it. I guess my mistake was thinking they would have to transport it back somewhere to make the replacement

Pretty unlikely that they could fix it in a day if it required destack

Outdid themselves on this one. Very inspiring

Blue Origin reaches orbit before the heat death of the universe.

At this point I wouldn’t bet on it.

Let’s get this over with and hope this test flight goes more smoothly

Right, but it doesn’t seem like anyone cared about this piece of nature before SpaceX was there? Of course that doesn’t give them the right to pollute as they want, but at this point it feels like they’re treating it like some kind of special protected reserve

There is nothing new about the location of this launch site. There is nothing new about this launch that warrants this extended ecological investigation. If anything it will have much less impact on the surrounding area due to the deluge system. Which has been finished for months, and only now they’re getting around to investigating? Seems like an unnecessarily sequential and bureaucratic process to me that is stifling innovation

The government itself is blocking this rn… the amount of red tape facing SpaceX is astounding considering the moon landing is at stake

wen hop

Everyone with a basic understanding of the industry saw this coming when they started landing rockets in 2015, honestly

Yeah, I’ve noticed the Anti-Musk sentiment as well. That’s probably it

Not sure why everything gets downvoted into oblivion here

A separate environmental review is needed to examine changes to launch site infrastructure, including a water deluge system intended to minimize pad damage suffered in the April launch.

Bummer

“Once the Service reviews FAA’s final biological assessment and deems it complete, consultation will be reinitiated. We have 135 days to issue a final biological opinion,” the agency stated.

“That piece is a little bit of a wild card,” Coleman said of that environmental review. “We’re hoping that piece will wrap up somewhere in proximity to the safety review.”

Could be anywhere from next month to next year tbf

Homegrown problem

Importing food is made deliberately difficult and expensive in order to support Swiss agriculture.

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-food-so-expensive-in-Switzerland