Why TF are we renting military stuff from any 3rd party and essentially giving them control to override the military chain of command in the first place? I can't see this sitting well with anyone on the military side of this.
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Presumably for the same reason that many US prisons are run by private individuals.
Outsourcing is the new thing, you don't have to take the blame and that's value for a lot of decision makers.
Also it always, ALWAYS results in a shittier product. Which is part of the reason why the world is fucked right now.
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"We demand that you make us reliant on you for communications!"
JFC we spend a trillion bucks a year on the military. Why don't they have their own satellite internet already?
They do, it just not as fast or reliable. SpaceX put more into infrastructure whereas the Military just did bare minimum. Now that Starlink is so much better, it's cheaper and more efficient to rent from them than to continue building their own.
You know what would be even cheaper? Seizing Starlink as a national security asset.
They'd have to seize spaceX too, which is the reason that starlink is viable in the first place due to reduced costs in launching satellites.
And then if they do both, survive the brain drain while simultaneously surviving the onslaught of Republican attempts to defund it into oblivion, because that's what they do.
Yeah. I don't like those chances, nor do I like Musk essentially having power over foreign relations. Kinda lose lose, which is why we're in this shitty holding pattern atm.
Make NASA Great Again.
Cool thing to say because NASA was great once
You know what would be the cherry on top? Seize all of Musk's assets, and kick his ass out of the country. Along with the Murdochs.
You can't really put a real cost on seizing something like that. Not all of the costs will be up front or even obvious. People don't like having their stit stolen, oddly enough.
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Who do you think paid for SpaceX to launch all those satellites?
We do. They're all geostationary. So high latency and low bandwidth. Been in operation early 2000.
US military should build its own damn starlink as a matter of national security
You are correct, but if they try it'll just get diverted and used to feed the oligarchs.
I'd rather the U.S. government just seize all of the muskrat's businesses and nationalize them.
Something something military industrial complex
They are working on it, but it's slow to develop something like that.
Elon says no because he doesn't want to start a nuclear war. Which is why he will provide unlimited Starshield access to China.
lol, at least they're asking nicely. they can "collectivize" the equipment if they decide it's necessary
MARCH. IN. RIGHTS.
You never demand anything from an egotist, it's like our politicians have no idea...
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