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The reason the author is unaware of the reason is because SpaceX refused to give a reason. Impotence? Incompetence? Malice? Different risk calculation? Game of
by pergadad 7y ago
The reason the author is unaware of the reason is because SpaceX refused to give a reason. Impotence? Incompetence? Malice? Different risk calculation? Game of chicken? Either way if they throw thousands of satellites into space they can't just say "sorry, tragedy of the commons, everyone else should shoulder the risk we created (& the costs to avoid risk)"
- asdfasgasdgasdg 7y agoSpaceX might not bother giving comment to random bloggers. Especially on Labor day and regarding what they probably regard as a non-incident. There are probably a lot of such individuals asking for comment on any of thousands of different subjects.
- heavenlyblue 7y agoYou are blaming someone for speculating by speculating about it yourself. SpaceX is a company with enough money from grants and a grandiose mission “to save the planet” and they can’t afford a PR release at the right time of the week?
- asdfasgasdgasdg 7y agoI'm not blaming anyone for anything. I'm just explaining some additional datapoints might cast SpaceX's actions in a less sinister light.
- heavenlyblue 7y agoYet you are still speculating.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 7y agoOk? I never said it was wrong to speculate. That's all anyone in this thread is doing, and of course that is fine. As it happened, the real story was just that the message never got to the human Starlink operator. SpaceX didn't refuse, decline, whatever, they just didn't see the email. Just goes to show you that our assumptions about these types of things can be wrong.