2025-12-04 23:20:26

So SpaceX has been working on making those satellites less shiny in the night sky. They've tried different coatings, adjusted designs, the whole deal. But here's the thing—business reality hits different. When you're racing to launch thousands more units and investors want faster deployment, those anti-reflective tweaks? They cost time and money. It's classic tension between doing the right thing for astronomers and the bottom line pushing for speed. The company's caught between engineering ideals and market pressure. Guess which one usually wins when quarterly targets roll around?

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ruggedSoBadLMAO

· 12-06 15:35

To put it bluntly, it's the same old money vs. conscience routine. You don't even have to guess the outcome.

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CryptoHistoryClass

· 12-06 09:39

ah, the classic capitulation phase between ideology and quarterly earnings. statistically speaking, this is *exactly* how the dot-com bubble played out in '99—everyone preaching sustainability until the growth charts demanded otherwise. history rhymes, doesn't it? those anti-reflective coatings are basically the tulip mania of engineering compromises. fascinating how we never learn.

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GhostInTheChain

· 12-04 23:50

ngl this is just the reality of capitalism—even the greenest ideals die at the hands of the fiscal quarter

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AirdropHarvester

· 12-04 23:49

To put it simply, it's profit first. The glare issue should have been solved long ago, but they're still dragging their feet.

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MysteryBoxBuster

· 12-04 23:48

To put it bluntly, it's all about the money. No matter how lofty the engineering ideals are, they can't compete with quarterly reports. We're already tired of seeing this playbook.

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FantasyGuardian

· 12-04 23:32

Profits always win; after all, astronomers can't affect the stock price, right?

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DarkPoolWatcher

· 12-04 23:28

It's the same old story again: idealism has to bow to capital. Honestly, everyone knows what’s really being sold in the end.

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FOMOSapien

· 12-04 23:24

To put it bluntly, it all comes down to money; all that talk about environmental protection is just empty words.