SpaceX sends up 60 mini-satellites with plans for thousands more

Twitter and facebook from anywhere on Earth is much more important than astronomy.

How else will astronomers share their discoveries with friends?

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Low-latency internet from anywhere in the world would be nice, especially at $80/month, assuming a 5m dish isn't needed.

Space being apparently completely unregulated, or any regulations that do exist being probably unenforceable against rampant self serving capitalists, more seeds of future havoc being sown for short-term gain by a few.

ishelToday 09:10 am JSTSpace being apparently completely unregulated, or any regulations that do exist being probably unenforceable against rampant self serving capitalists, more seeds of future havoc being sown for short-term gain by a few.

Outer space is for research and should be used for the benefit of all mankind, as in the ISS space station - not for private business interests.

Musk launched them, but who made them? Huawei?

Who give them the right to flood the orbit with private property stuff without any regulation? Then another company could send into space a craft or a device that collides with them or that willingly hit them. In that case what is the regulation? I mean, I find the thing pretty absurd. It would be just like a private company starts building uncontrolled and unregulated a networks of tunnels underneath our houses, cities without any responsibility taken whatsoever...