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The largest customer of SpaceX is the US Government; the largest customer of Starlink is the US Government; what makes you think the largest customer of X data
by mikece 3y ago
The largest customer of SpaceX is the US Government; the largest customer of Starlink is the US Government; what makes you think the largest customer of X data mining and analysis won't also be the same as the above?
- starik36 3y agoIt might the largest customer, but I am not sure it's a majority customer. According to SpaceX, several months ago they had 1 million paying customers. Assuming the cheapest price they are bringing in $100 million a month. Is US govt paying them $100 million a month?
- ceejayoz 3y ago> Is US govt paying them $100 million a month? https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-tesla-government-money-npr https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-tesla-government-money-... "SpaceX alone got a whopping $2.8 billion in government contracts last year, according to The Information, and has gotten a total of $15.3 billion from the government since 2003." $2.8B in a year is $233M/month, and I'd wager it's gone up since then with SpaceX's ever-increasing launch cadence.
- try_the_bass 3y agoIsn't this confounding Starlink and launch capacity?
- starik36 3y agoYou are confusing it with Starlink. SpaceX has all sorts of contracts with NASA and the Space Force. But we are talking about Starlink customers. It's definetely not 100 million a year or even close.
- scottyah 3y agoIf you are bundling "the US Government" as one entity, then you already have absolutely 0 hope of any privacy. If you think the US Government teams in charge of purchasing space transport are concerned with your data, you're pretty mistaken.