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    1 year ago

    What I mean is that such a communications system should not be controlled by a private company or a person. That should be under public control.

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        Nasa does the r&d on tech that they hand off to private companies so they can make a profit…

        Sure spacex can clutter up leo but i dont see them sending probes to the outer solar system, maintaining a deep space network, working with the russians on a space station, or any of the other numerous things governmental space agencies can and have accomplished.

        It feels like you’re ignoring the giants whose shoulders lil musky is standing on.

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        I feel like few people are aware of the billions it cost to deploy and maintain a large scale LEO constellation. If it would come 100% from taxes, people would get mad

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        I mean, they did space travel in the first place, during peacetime. An unsettled peacetime, but peace none-the-less.

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        It must not be the state or the government that controls such systems. Imho, these communications networks are commons and could be managed as such -e.g., by a cooperative or a cooperative-like entity, maybe even by a DAO im some cases.