[EEGator]

In before FReepers trash Musk for taking any government money.

[tennmountainman]

Yes. They are.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I hope Starlink is up before I move to the boonies.

[ConservativeDude]

anyone see the story yesterday about how Musk said he wouldn’t take the stupid vaccine because he’s not at risk, and neitehr is his family....and that Bill Gates is a goofball (or something like that)?

Go Musk

[Pollard]

Hall said that, with other traditional services, it typically takes between 30 minutes to an hour to set up a satellite connection, “with a lot less speed and bandwidth and a lot higher latency in a much larger package.”

By comparison, Hall emphasized that it took him between five and 10 minutes to set up and connect a Starlink terminal. And a single person can set up one of the devices: “It doesn’t require a truck and a trailer and a whole lot of other additional equipment,” Hall said.

“I have spent the better part of four or five hours with some satellite equipment trying to get a good [connection]. So, to me, it’s amazing,” Hall added.

[Parmy]

All of those satellites will have to be tracked by Norad, I am sure. What are the rest of the unintended consequences? There is always a backside to these things that are not thought of until they appear.

[beef]

The Workers naturally just spring into action and create things like this. There is no need for capitalists like Elon Musk to make it happen.

/s

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

If Trump was a physicist, instead of developer, he would be Elon Musk.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Robert Heinlein would say about Musk and others ‘What took so frackin’ long?’ Not a criticism of Musk per se, just the mentality of the Nasa and other gov idiots that horribly slowed down and hindered the entire process. While there have been stunning successes (rover mission of a planned 90 days lasting 13,yes, thirteen years!!), other Nasa boondoggles are insane. Nasa purposely demanded more tests and, yes, paperwork from Musk. The Nasa Orion project has spent billions and billions without a single launch, while Musk has revolutionized and reformed rocket launching, introducing reusable rocket. The video of the 2 rockets RETURNING AND LANDING SIMULTANEOUSLY to Florida is one for the ages.

[Ozark Tom]

StarLink IPO—when??

[tbw2]

Inmarsat vs Starlink Antennas
https://turbofuture.com/industrial/Inmarsat-vs-Starlink-Antennas