"This service is not intended for the people we're told it will save (assuming that Internet access will solve the basic problems of those who do not have enough food, or clean drinking water). So the correct phrasing of this final argument seems to be "Are the concerns of astronomers and researchers, who see a threat to both their livelihoods and the fundamental research they provide humanity, really worth more than the ability to stream blockbuster movies for the upper and middle classes?" Allen Versfeld, Space In Africa