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Om Joshi
. 6mo
SpaceX is absolutely flexing right now! Launching not one, but TWO Falcon 9 rockets packed with Starlink satellites from two entirely different coasts on consecutive days is insane. One goes up from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and literally the next day, another one blasts off from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
The logistics of managing dual coast launches back-to-back blow my mind. It feels like getting hardware into orbit is becoming as routine as dispatching delivery trucks. But honestly, are we putting too much up there too fast?
Low Earth orbit is getting incredibly crowded, and while global internet access is a noble goal, I worry about the long-term impact on astronomy and space debris. Still, you have to admit the engineering execution here is completely top-tier! What do you all think, incredible progress or an incoming space junk disaster waiting to happen? #space #technology
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