damn, its so strange that a rich guy was able to throw thousands of satellites into space, in a manner that completely changes humanity’s relationship to the cosmos, without any meaningful form of public debate or discussion.

even more strange when you consider that the owner of the company is one of the most talked about people on the planet. i wonder how he’s able to keep getting away with it.

without any meaningful form of public debate or discussion

They submitted everything required to the relevant government agencies for approval. Whether these organizations considered any public comments, or ignored them, is a different matter unfortunately.

Starlink also is not the first or only company to get approval for a massive LEO satellite network with thousands of units in orbit. Just some of the 1000+ satellite constellations in the works currently: OneWeb (UK), Amazon’s Project Kuiper (US), Astra (US), Lynk Global (US), Boeing V-band (US), Telesat Lightspeed (Canada), Spin Launch (UK), Globalstar (Germany), Hughes HVNET (US), Hanwha (South Korea), Guangwang (China), and Galaxy Space Yinhe (China). Starlink is just the one you hear about most because of who the owner is.

Oh and if you’re worried about the number of satellites in these mega constellations… you probably shouldn’t look up E-SPACE… they have registered over 400,000+ in multiple constellations (Semaphore-C and Cinnamon-217/Cinnamon-937).