Other countries are accelerating plans. While I’m glad the world is ditching our tech, we need a kick in the teeth, I hate to see several competing constellations up there.
I’d hate that, too. But I fears it’s pretty inevitable by the logic of the world we live in. The Ukraine war has shown the military importance of such a system and Musk has made clear that having control of it is a strategic matter. So prepare for every block of power in the world to want their own constellation…
I hate how our future is turning into the shittiest Sci-Fi I can think of.
Europe have been riding the coat tails of America with space infrastructure. Are only now looking to replace GPS. ESA will hopefully learn some lessons from starlink and make them less reflective and cause less environmental damage when they fall back down.
Other countries are accelerating plans. While I’m glad the world is ditching our tech, we need a kick in the teeth, I hate to see several competing constellations up there.
I’d hate that, too. But I fears it’s pretty inevitable by the logic of the world we live in. The Ukraine war has shown the military importance of such a system and Musk has made clear that having control of it is a strategic matter. So prepare for every block of power in the world to want their own constellation…
I hate how our future is turning into the shittiest Sci-Fi I can think of.
Europe have been riding the coat tails of America with space infrastructure. Are only now looking to replace GPS. ESA will hopefully learn some lessons from starlink and make them less reflective and cause less environmental damage when they fall back down.
Only now looking to replace GPS? Mate, Galileo, the European GNSS, has been operational for many years (10?) with the first launch 2 decades ago.