Ah. My Kessler syndrome is acting up again.
Comment on We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink
hexonxonx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Starlink should be globalized. A planet only needs one low-altitude orbiting communications network. Better to standardize the technology and platform and let them contribute to one system than to have a dozen identical competing systems crashing into each other and fucking things up for everyone.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
michaelmrose@lemmy.world 1 week ago
There is no such thing as something being “globalized” The UN for instance is a debating club where the majority of the seats represent individual dictators who dominate but do not speak for their countries citizens.
The idea of 50 countries collectively providing 0% of the funds should determine the mission is somewhat laughable. Also no country on earth has a process by which foreign dictators can seize or direct a company run out of their nation.