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Didn't the FCC just stomp on "SpaceBee" for trying to bootstrap something similar? https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.fastcompany.com/40542629/reminder-dont-put-

• teraflop 9y ago
  They got into trouble because their application was denied (ostensibly because their satellites were too small to be reliably tracked by ground-based radar) but they went ahead and launched anyway.
• skellera 9y ago
  I personally think they should be barred from future launches. We should not set precedence that a company can launch whatever they want without approval and just pay a fine. All these other companies follow the guidelines.
• notatoad 9y ago
  I'm not sure what you mean by "bootstrap" or if you're implying that spaceX should be treated similarly, but the key difference here is that spaceX isn't doing anything without regulatory approval first.