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SpaceX is reportedly building a $1.8 billion network of spy satellites for US intelligence (www.theverge.com)

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[-] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

A lot wrong here, I'm sorry to say, and I'm really not a fan of Musk. He is absolutely not selling Starlink to be used by Russia. That would be shut down real quick. (They may be using black-market terminals, but that's a different question.) And this new constellation will, as I understand it, be owned and operated by the US govt. Think like every single spy satellite ever: govt finds a contractor and asks them to do a thing.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh, right. They couldnt possibly make another and sell that to someone else, oh wait...

[-] Syn_Attck@lemmy.today 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Making boatloads of money

Making far less money along with loss of freedom for decades, or fleeing and sanctions while having your every shart logged...

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