AllCommiesRFascists t1_j9eiyug wrote on February 21, 2023 at 9:52 AM

Reply to comment by SmithMano in "Starlink is far crazier than most people realize. Feels almost inevitable when I look at this" by maxtility

It’s too long and don’t have the time to watch it completely atm

So apparently Elon managed to dupe the DoD, Space Force, and NRO into handing him the multi-billion dollar StarShield program, as well as countries like China and Russia who are desperate to build a competing satellite network

SmithMano t1_j9g9skn wrote on February 21, 2023 at 6:32 PM

The point isn’t that it doesn’t work. It’s that his claims of how scalable it is, and the financials, are extremely overstated.