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I don’t understand what you’re saying here. What is obvious and well-documented here, from your perspective? And of what do we have extensive documentation? The

by alwa 3y ago

I don’t understand what you’re saying here. What is obvious and well-documented here, from your perspective? And of what do we have extensive documentation? The regulatory data at the time the decision was taken, or something in Starlink’s defense? I didn’t find the article especially clear on this point, but it sounds like Starlink says that if the decision were taken today rather than in 2022, the performance data wouldn’t look so dire, and the FCC might have more faith in their promise to launch high-performance payloads with Starship during the grant’s required timeframe, is that what you mean?

valianteffort 3y ago
It's clear the government has been actively attacking Musk and his companies for any and all reasons it can find. During the past couple years of this administration the following has happened and it's just what I can recall: 1. Tesla gets no invite to whitehouse EV summit despite being the sole reason for the current EV movement 2. Tesla model 3/Y initially barred from new EV subsidies 3. SpaceX being investigated by justice department for not hiring foreigners (literally illegal due to ITAR) 4. NASA awards blue origin more than it awarded SpaceX for lunar lander despite them having zero orbital rocket experience or even a proper roadmap to orbit 5. FAA drags heels on approving starlink tests preventing progress on the requirements they say were failed to have been met today 6. Today's news about FCC revoking subsidy for the only company that actually cares to provide highspeed internet to rural Americans, which congress has appropriated funding for several times in the past two decades, and rewarded companies have failed to deliver on It's safe to say any kind of bullshit can be justified (with even more bullshit reasons), so it's hard to believe actions like this are made good faith. I'm not just going to trust criminals because they're robbing someone I don't like.
- neuronexmachina 3y ago
  > 1. Tesla gets no invite to whitehouse EV summit despite being the sole reason for the current EV movement Why would Tesla be at a summit on union-made EVs? If you look at the actual speech Biden gave at the event, a lot of it is pretty counter to Tesla's anti-union stance: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/05/remarks-by-president-biden-on-strengthening-american-leadership-on-clean-cars-and-trucks/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/20...

by alwa 3y ago

valianteffort 3y ago

It's clear the government has been actively attacking Musk and his companies for any and all reasons it can find. During the past couple years of this administration the following has happened and it's just what I can recall: 1. Tesla gets no invite to whitehouse EV summit despite being the sole reason for the current EV movement 2. Tesla model 3/Y initially barred from new EV subsidies 3. SpaceX being investigated by justice department for not hiring foreigners (literally illegal due to ITAR) 4. NASA awards blue origin more than it awarded SpaceX for lunar lander despite them having zero orbital rocket experience or even a proper roadmap to orbit 5. FAA drags heels on approving starlink tests preventing progress on the requirements they say were failed to have been met today 6. Today's news about FCC revoking subsidy for the only company that actually cares to provide highspeed internet to rural Americans, which congress has appropriated funding for several times in the past two decades, and rewarded companies have failed to deliver on It's safe to say any kind of bullshit can be justified (with even more bullshit reasons), so it's hard to believe actions like this are made good faith. I'm not just going to trust criminals because they're robbing someone I don't like.

neuronexmachina 3y ago
> 1. Tesla gets no invite to whitehouse EV summit despite being the sole reason for the current EV movement Why would Tesla be at a summit on union-made EVs? If you look at the actual speech Biden gave at the event, a lot of it is pretty counter to Tesla's anti-union stance: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/05/remarks-by-president-biden-on-strengthening-american-leadership-on-clean-cars-and-trucks/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/20...