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This is a weakness of having Elon Musk as the head of both SpaceX/Starlink and Tesla. Starlink will 100% play China's rules (and Russia's), not only to sell se
by biaachmonkie 6y ago
This is a weakness of having Elon Musk as the head of both SpaceX/Starlink and Tesla.
Starlink will 100% play China's rules (and Russia's), not only to sell service there which will be precisely Geo-fenced with all traffic in China sent to Ground stations in China.
But also because if they don't then China/Russia will retaliate against Tesla and any other businesses Elon has that they can exert influence on. So any dreams of Starlink being a panacea of worldwide open internet access need to stop, it will not happen.
- rasz 6y agoForget retaliating against businesses. Both Russia and China are space faring superpowers, they could simply "disable" spacex system until some form of "compromise" is found.