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From the Guardian link “What’s happened is that the very talented lobbyists at OneWeb have convinced the government that we can completely redesign some of the
by Pick-A-Hill2019 6y ago
From the Guardian link
“What’s happened is that the very talented lobbyists at OneWeb have convinced the government that we can completely redesign some of the satellites to piggyback a navigation payload on it. It’s bolting an unproven technology on to a mega-constellation that’s designed to do something else."
- credit_guy 6y ago> "What’s happened is that the very talented [...]" That's not what's happened. What's happened is classified. Nobody outside the UK government and the involved people at OneWeb knows exactly what was discussed. The policy expert the Guardian contacted is just venturing a guess. And it's very easy to make anyone look like a fool when you are allowed to create your own version of the facts.