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This is the beginning of an exciting new era when government's will lose the ability to effectively control access to information in their country. Sure, Russi
by ryan_j_naughton 6y ago
This is the beginning of an exciting new era when government's will lose the ability to effectively control access to information in their country.
Sure, Russia could shoot down the satellites, but the cost both in terms of missile cost and in terms of space debris would be extreme. Given that SpaceX is launching many starlink satellites in a single launch and reusing the falcon-9, SpaceX's costs will continue to get lower.
I'm sure the CCP will find a way to stop SpaceX and the great firewall will remain, but I'm less confident in countries like Iran or Turkey in being able to continue to censor and regulate their internet.
- consumer451 6y agoSpaceX has been asking for permission in every country so far, and has geo-locked the service to that address given by the subscriber. Musk’s other main business has plenty to lose in China, I don’t see why he would upset the CCP.
- ryan_j_naughton 6y agoI absolutely agree with your statements. My point is that this technology will get more and more democratized until a company comes about that refuses to censor certain countries' internet. Those countries only options would be to shoot down the satellites or hack the company and take the satellites offline. Shooting down satellites will cause an exponentiation in space debris, be very costly, and ineffective given the size of these constellations.