georgeg23

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by georgeg23 4y ago
It's because his companies are fundamentally built on a lie that started in 2002: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Griffin#Career
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by georgeg23 4y ago
Actually SpaceX IS working on what that video shows: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink#Military_capabilities
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by georgeg23 4y ago
The Biden administration appears to have put the full blown militarization of space on ice for now (at least delaying the Mike Pompeo calls the "Strategic Defense Initiative of our time, the SDI 2.0"[1]), but there are still a num
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by georgeg23 4y ago
SpaceX tries not to highlight their military work but it is a majority of their business, even with "commercial" Starlink. A more direct offensive buildup is happening with their government Starlink satellites: https://
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by georgeg23 4y ago
"Starlink helps Ukraine's elite drone unit target and destroy Russian tanks" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/starlink-helps-u...
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by georgeg23 4y ago
Correction: Turksat 5A https://wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrksat_5A
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by georgeg23 4y ago
There were protests at SpaceX when it was revealed the Turksat 5B satellite would command and control these TB2 drones, extending their range from operator line-of-sight to near global. Elon decided to go ahead with the launch. At some poin
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by georgeg23 5y ago
SpaceX has a contract for this... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink#Military_capabilities Also interesting bio on Elon's friend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Griffin#Career
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by georgeg23 5y ago
Interesting take by one of the SDI/Brilliant Pebbles architects pitching Starlink http://highfrontier.org/january-8-2019-brilliant-pebbles-is-...