ELON🤨
"May 2024 geomagnetic storm was the first major storm to occur during a new paradigm in low Earth orbit satellite operations dominated by commercial small satellites."
Thanks to Starlink in 2019, Earth now has almost 10,000 active satellites--
When a fraction decide to change course all at once, satellite operators must scramble to track them, making sure they don't collide. This creates a new and unprecedented risk.
problem will get worse in the years ahead "
@holon42 Maybe we shouldn't let profit-driven oligarchs with less technical knowledge or personal wisdom than the average tennis shoe be in charge of what flies around in orbit.
@holon42 Eventually, we either stop them like civilized people, they get to do whatever they feel like, or we devolve to the state where we stop them like uncivilized people.
I'd really like to see people find a civilized way out of this pickle. We don't have time to play "Dark Ages" again.