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The US decision to privatize space has given Elon Musk immense power over how satellite communications are used and who has access to them. He controls 53% of active satellites in orbit, and countries have started voicing concerns to US officials. They won’t speak publicly for fear of the consequences of angering Musk. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/28/business/starlink.html 23 comments
 "consequences of angering Musk"... I'm depressed by the fact I live in a world where that sentiment has become a legitimate concern on anyone's part. /Sigh @lupus_blackfur @parismarx @SomeGadgetGuy That’s how it works. This defeatism is un-American. @paninid @lupus_blackfur @parismarx @SomeGadgetGuy You know what else is “un-American”? Low orbit. @parismarx I look forward to the day when the U.S. sends the new Space Force to seize all of Musk's satellites another case of everyone knowing and not a soul taking meaningful action. i think it's just the tip of the iceberg. The nukes tho;,,  @parismarx @SocialJusticeHeals It's insane. I'm all up for multiple groups controlling things, not just 1. @parismarx @jeffbyrnes fear? Let’s take ‘em if we need to. Eminent domain. NO ONE has a right to operate satellites that could realistically threaten our freedom or wellbeing.  Starlink is simply a military-industrial-complex smokescreen to deny other nations the ability to launch large constellations by filling up orbits.  All that, plus he is wrecking terrestrial #astronomy >>> https://www.astronomy.com/science/megaconstellations-are-changing-the-night-sky-forever-forcing-astronomers-to-adapt/ More astronomy concerns >>> https://spacenews.com/astronomers-renew-concerns-about-starlink-satellite-brightness/ and https://www.space.com/kessler-syndrome-space-debris Screwing up radio astronomy >>>https://www.space.com/starlink-electronics-hum-disturbs-radio-astronomy And we haven't even addressed the Kessler Syndrome which promises to destroy everything in low earth orbit (LEO) >>> https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/Kessler-Syndrome @mastodonmigration @parismarx  @mastodonmigration @parismarx For discussion of the effects of Starlink and things like it on astronomy on here, you may refer to @sundogplanets as well as to @VRubinObs. However, there is larger danger from things like Starlink: Disrupting the operations of other satellites in low orbits - such as some weather satellites. @parismarx well those of us old enough to remember “Moonraker” saw this coming a long time ago… @parismarx Biggest question on my mind is, how much heat is being reflected back to earth from his menagerie of reflective satellites? #SpaceTrashBoy @parismarx these satellites will be first to go in any conflict with China. They become garbage and the space junk takes out our own surveillance capabilities. What a complete shitshow this is.  @parismarx @sarahtaber we have options open to us, for instance, nationalizing it. Cease the means of communications brothers, sisters and non-gender comforting individuals! |
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What? The US didn’t decide to privatize space. In fact it entered into international agreements with the exact opposite focus, preventing governments from nationalizing space.
So SpaceX controls SpaceX satellites. There’s nothing strange about that. And any other firm is welcome to lunch its own satellites under its own control should it want to.
This is stretching hard to try to make a dramatic narrative where there really isn’t one.