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Google replaced loon with starlink and point to point laser tech
by inemesitaffia 2y ago
Google replaced loon with starlink and point to point laser tech
- jeffbee 2y agoI'm asking why the US doesn't own a blimp with a base station taped to the bottom.
- shrubble 2y agoThat would require the government to be innovative.
- mensetmanusman 2y agoHurricanes would blow it away
- toast0 2y agoWell, the US doesn't run any phone companies... a bettee question is why don't the telephone companies own or borrow a dirigible to provide emergency services. Hazards of dirigibles in huricane season might be part of it, of course.
- kortilla 2y agoWhat weird phrasing. Loon just shutdown on its own and did not participate in any of the sat laser development for Starlink.
- inemesitaffia 2y agoGoogle invested in SpaceX and exited loon at around the same time. Also at least one of Greg Wylers people at Google working on OneWeb left for Starlink
- inemesitaffia 2y agoThe laser tech is a different thing within GoogleX