Exciting stuff.

Do they even have a website at this point?

@NerdyDad said in Musk went on firing spree over slow satellite broadband progress:

@scottalanmiller You don't have to go all that far to find really crappy Internet, even though we aren't even in the slightest of poorest countries. Glad to see that somebody is doing something with all of their money and power to help the rest of humanity.

Yeah, but even rural America with the worst options, you have the options of leased lines, bad satellite, moving, fixed wifi, etc. It's awful, but never as limited as being in a country where free Internet (free as in freedom) doesn't exist, or there is no provider at all that you can legally use.

@coliver said in FCC Has Approved SpaceX Satellite Launch Plan:

@nerdydad said in FCC Has Approved SpaceX Satellite Launch Plan:

Of course, this directly affects all ISPs, but I'm also curious to see if this will also affect cell phone carriers worldwide. Will they also go bankrupt in time or will they have to adapt to stay relevant? Would cell phines even be able to communicate? Currently no, but in the near future?

It looks like it's being pitched as a competitor to cellular devices.

That'll take a lot of work to get mobile devices able to talk to it. If they can get that cheap and reliable, it'll be the killer thing.

@JaredBusch said in SpaceX Preparing to Build Low Earth Orbit High Speed Network:

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@aidan_walsh said in SpaceX Preparing to Build Low Earth Orbit High Speed Network:

*States shall be liable for damage caused by their space objects; and

That one was violated this year.

China is responsible for a huge percentage of debris around our planet. Were they penalized for that?

Huge percentage? Not a chance. The US and Russia have been leaving debris for more than 50 years before China ever got started.

http://www.space.com/3415-china-anti-satellite-test-worrisome-debris-cloud-circles-earth.html

China tested anti satellite missiles etc, so they caught up pretty fast. Happened to be their own satellites to test, but the debris is still there.

Yes, I am quite aware of that. but that is not nearly half of all space debris.

cross out percentage from my original post and put amount

All satellite collisions spew huge amounts of debris. And do you think there is not some up there from US and russia anti sattelite missile tests?

It's likely, but I haven't read anything on it

That would be because it happened before you were born. The Star Wars program was a scary thing.

I vaguely remember hearing about that. This is one of those things that retracts from my studying, but I'll read up on it anyway lol

The real name was Strategic Defense Initiative
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative

Funny, someone mentioned that on SW just 20 minutes ago, too. Totally different conversation, though.

@jimk said in What's Even Cooler Than Cloud Computing? Space Computing:

This is big news. Some will find it very good and cool, while others will be seriously freaked out by it. I'm curious to see what the actual payload will be for $2M per launch.

Combine this with SpaceX new ISP in space, our entire Internet might be floating above us soon!

Next one is June.