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Seems reasonable at first glance to me: 1a. satellite company with products goes bust 1b. Government wants different type of satellite but prohibitively ex
by CraigJPerry 6y ago
Seems reasonable at first glance to me:
1a. satellite company with products goes bust
1b. Government wants different type of satellite but prohibitively expensive to pursue
2. Govt speculates in 1a in order to reduce cost of 1b
What’s the smoking gun i missed?
- madaxe_again 6y agoYou need a truck to move a container of freight across the country. You buy a skateboard, hoping that you can modify it to do the job.
- echotango 6y agoanalogies are not evidence
- pjc50 6y agoLack of tender process? Equity investment into already-bankrupt company? Not actually a manufacturer but operator? (the actual manufacturer appears to be Airbus: https://spaceflightnow.com/2015/06/15/oneweb-selects-airbus-to-build-900-internet-satellites/ https://spaceflightnow.com/2015/06/15/oneweb-selects-airbus-... ) Track record of Brexit snap procurements that turned out to be total losses? e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/10/brexit-ferry-fiasco-could-be-repeated-mps-warn https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/10/brexit-ferr... Ongoing Johnson/Desmond corruption allegations? Leave it a few weeks and someone will find which Tory party donor was tied to this firm.