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That's an if, not a when. A very big, hugely improbable if. Nobody? really?

I know it sounds bananas, indeed I thought it sounded bananas for a long time, but in a world where we can't get high speed rail built anywhere because of permitting, and there's an artificial scarcity of available land to build, they make a lot of sense.

In space you can just start. Nobody is really going to stop you.

People are going to be even more pissed off when there are more satellites than stars

(I know nominally they’re not visible but they are shortly after launch while moving into position, and at large scale that would be happening all the time, not to mention the other side of burning up in the atmosphere after a few years)

Do you have any idea how many stars there are?

Depends on what city you’re in :p

Actually, no, they're still there even if you're indoors with your eyes closed.

Five stars.

Well played sir, well played.

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