"Notably, Gates’ contribution to the project isn’t mentioned, but it should be obvious. He’s rich, of course, but he’s also well-connected and brings a lot of g

"Notably, Gates’ contribution to the project isn’t mentioned, but it should be obvious. He’s rich, of course, but he’s also well-connected and brings a lot of global goodwill. The company’s goal is to make money selling its service to government and enterprise clients ..." Until reading the article I hadn't really considered it, but now I think it's inevitable. There are competitors, apparently, already out there in space with the same intention. It goes on to list a number of laudable things that could be done with this technology - watching whale migrations, catching illegal fishers, better weather forecasting - but that all feels like so much hokey PR. I suspect it will most likely be used for war and controlling people.