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A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth (news.ubc.ca)
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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Yeah. I prefer the idea of a bunch of 9-meters unless they can really perfect a cheap folding mirror to mass produce.

A small upper stage, an ion drive or something could get them to deep space. It's not worth flying a whole Starship out there and burning more fuel to get it back; the return trip only makes sense for LEO.