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It's not so much about Elon's craziness (which should be beyond any doubt, by now), it is the general question, whether public infrastructure belongs in private hands or not. I reckon, there are not many arguments for private ownership, except for "but capitalism is good, socialism is evil". 4 comments
 That would probably require the US federal government to nationalize Starlink and put it under NASA's control. Since the word "nationalize" alone is enough to induce seizures in a country that's been red-scared for decades, I'd say that's very unlikely to happen. And what about Iridium and other private companies operating in space? Should they be nationalized as well? @vesperto @Mina @georgetakei Starlink is used like public infrastructure, so it should (in my opinion) be public infrastructure. As long as the other space firms do not provide something that is used like public infrastructure, I am fine with them keeping their assets. |
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Since when is Starlink public infrastructure?
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