Comment on SpaceX is reportedly building a $1.8 billion network of spy satellites for US intelligence
Sekrayray@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Having mega corporations design space networks for you sounds like a great idea until they decide to lock you out and hold your government hostage. Or sell intel… Or sell access to other actors….
Just admit it—the corporations run the world at this point.
tal@lemmy.today 7 months ago
Nah, part of this is specifically that the US government owns it. This isn’t SpaceX just providing access. Think of the US government buying an F-35 or something.
I imagine that might be because they want to do things with it that’d be riskier than what SpaceX does with SpaceX’s constellation – i.e. adversaries might aim to dick it up.
Clent@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Really just sounds like they are deploying government equipment. There is no report of it being hardware built by spaceX. That is all speculation and clickbait m.
The company makes money by delivering payloads to space. In the end they are a delivery company moving packages from point A to point B.
That the US government would use this service seems obvious. SpaceX is well known for profiting off government funds.
tal@lemmy.today 7 months ago
Naw, I remember reading about this earlier in several articles. This isn’t just a launch service contract.