According to the authors numbers it'll take at least 20,000 launched to put a million satellite's in orbit
And that's before you consider the issues of operating a DC in space
It's just a a load of nonsense
And that's before you consider the issues of operating a DC in space
It's just a a load of nonsense
In 2020, Space X had 25 launches, then 31 in 2021, then 61, then 96, then 136, and last year launched 167. That's an average of around 50% more per year. At that rate, to get to the 24x increase needed to launch faster than the constellation can support, they'll only need to keep on that trajectory for eight more years.
It's an unsustainable rate and even if we do get to that rate it'll wreck the planet
It's just like the arguments used by anti-renewable energy forces here on Earth. "Large number (of PV modules and wind turbines and batteries)! Unpossible!"
And no, that launch rate does not "wreck the planet".
What's the impact of the atmospheric pollution from both launches and the burn of space craft and satellite's burning up on re-rentry?