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This makes me sick to the gut. Every creature and person shares this space and as Illogical or logical this may sound, I don't my "share" of the sky and universe to be polluted. I refuse to allow a company to bombard me with radio frequencies most of which is probably going to be used for nonsensical you/tube/porn, movies etc. I don't want anyone to pollute/do anything to my share of the planet/universe without me having a say in it.

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Space is like, really really big. And these satellites are extremely small, cubesats don’t take up much room in the sky.

Near-earth space is not that big, especially when it contains 50,000 objects whizzing around at 25,000 km/hour. Starlink had to make 25,000 collision avoidance maneuvers in just 6 months [0] -- and that's just Starlink. If you're a satellite operator, collision avoidance is a full-time job. And the likelihood of collisions increases exponentially with the number of satellites.

[0] https://www.space.com/starlink-satellite-conjunction-increas...

I made thousands of collision avoidance maneuvers on a single trip to the store yesterday.

You should hear how many radio waves exploding stars are sending…

And the award for the smartest smart ass answer goes to @mensetmanusman

Little prods of science education can go a long way! I think it’s cool that white noise is just the universe chilling.

And the rest of the world should act in accordance to your totally irrational feelings?

> my share of the planet/universe without me having a say in it

You have a say in it. If you are in the US its regulated. And in space it regulated by a treaty between the US and everybody else. This is no different any other regulation that happen in a democracy.

What? Democracy? When was the last time you saw it working for realsies?

You aren't sensitive to radio waves.

> This makes me sick to the gut.

I'd recommend reading more on the subject from non-emotionally charged sources.

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