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[gary]

Article here :-
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/the-odds-that-one-of-spacexs-internet-satellites-will-hit-someone

[multiweb]

A Starlink satellite never strikes twice.

[Wavytone]

Won’t be the first injury of this kind - there are examples of meteorites that have struck animals, various objects and yes, people.

[sn1987a]

What are the statistics on the projected number of lives saved every year with the deployment of this system and which statistical life is worth more?. :P

[Wavytone]

Liveable saved ? Nil, I would think. Lives lost ? A few, while building it and MANY more during its operational life.

Safe ? No. If the Australian WHS Act were applied in the US this project would be stopped pretty quickly as being unsafe and in conflict with the law.

1 in 18,200 is not very good at all - it’s comparable to the likelihood of being struck by lightning - and that happens to several people a year in Australia, never mind the rest of the world.

Environmentally friendly ? No way.

As an engineer I find the “techie” types remarkably ignorant when it comes to safety, through-life maintenance and worse still, an environmentally safe disposal of a system after its useful life has finished.

[bojan]

Ditto.

And add to this mix "entrepreneur" factor (making money), life could become really dangerous for many (of us mere mortals)