@Rhodium103 @Astromeg Forget where I originally read this, but the goal for the Starlink project is (as I understood it), to offer a slightly faster rate of data transmission than trans-Atlantic data cables, for a few millisecond's edge in microtrading stocks between London and New York, and more broadly allowing daytrading from yachts and vacation destinations with less robust data links. Every other proposed benefit is just window dressing.

What's a little Kessler Syndrome and damage to astronomy planet wide, in the face of helping parasites make more millions, while contributing nothing of value.