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Thinking that the government shouldn't step in so that businesses can experiment with whatever they want is an interesting viewpoint when the regulation your po
by lovich 9y ago
Thinking that the government shouldn't step in so that businesses can experiment with whatever they want is an interesting viewpoint when the regulation your pointing out as bad is one to keep this business from hurting others.
When the Wright brothers tested their plane they only put their own bodies at risk. When swarm is throwing up satellites too small to track they are threatening every other satellite and space station in orbit.
Should chemical companies be allowed to ditch their experiments into the local river because it let's them iterate faster? If the answer to that is no, then why should swarm be allowed to throw anything they want into a position to damage other orbital craft?
- novalis78 9y agoI get your point I truly do. But a nefarious state (fascist, communist, dictatorial) will always use ‘safety’, ‘security’ as a concern and an argument to block and jail.
- FireBeyond 9y agoI don't think the motives are ulterior. After all, Spacelink, with 4,000+ satellites, was approved recently, too. It's all about trackability.
- vatueil 9y ago> But a nefarious state (fascist, communist, dictatorial) will always use ‘safety’, ‘security’ as a concern and an argument to block and jail. So what? Are there not valid reasons to bring up "safety" and "security"? Unless you're claiming we're dealing with a "nefarious state", this statement doesn't carry any weight. For that matter even nefarious states may have valid safety concerns, including preventing orbital debris.