There was a point, around the end of the Gold Rush and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when they were still building that floating city, that the common man could work his way up and get on it. Unfortunately, as time has passed and conditions have changed, the floating city is now all but completely out of our reach.
It might still be less environmentally damaging that running fibre to every starlink customer
Yeah, but fiber, once buried, doesn’t suddenly stop working after five years and fall out of orbit, destroying itself in the process. I don’t know, mind you, I’m genuinely asking: which is worse, installing fiber once or continually launching disposable satellites three times a week for the foreseeable future?
As an American, it’s nice to know we’re not the only pieces of shit out there.