That's not the internet.
It's the Department of Defense.
SpaceX relinquishes control of ‘Ukrainian’ Starlink terminals to Pentagon
Posted on 09/29/2023 1:40:20 AM PDT by spirited irish
A video of Elon Musk’s web of Starlink satellites has left onlookers stunned as scientists warn of their little-known risks to the night sky.
There are, at most, around 9,000 stars visible to Earth’s view of the sky, and around 5,000 Starlink satellites, as of August.
The orange dots (embedded link 3 paragraphs below) represent Starlink satellites.
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It figures... We can’t have nothin’ nice.
Space is really, really, really big. You have no concept of how much room there is up there. The answer is right in the article:
“Space is not overcrowded. We humans are just really crap at understanding scale and numbers.”This headline is pure clickbait.
spynet now. later...hmmm.
China's IOT 'big brother' sees you and analyzes the expression on your face and in your eyes; hears you and analyzes the tone of your voice; follows you everywhere, recording everything you do, where you go, how much you spend, what you eat, who you associate with, how many steps you take, the beat of your heart, and so on.
China's model is the model that Globalists and our corrupt governing class and intelligence service want for America.
Exactly!
“Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
I agree with you. Let’s say that there were 10,000 fast cars driving all over the surface of the earth (without any oceans or obstructions). First of all, if they all stay on course, they shouldn’t hit each other anyway. But even if they had course changes or random directions, the odds of something so few and so small hitting each other is very very low.
Now, consider the fact that they orbit at different altitudes, and then consider that the altitude of their orbits mean that they travel in a sphere that is even bigger than the surface of the earth, and you decrease your chances of contact even more.
Gotta hand it to public education.
That's not the internet.
It's the Department of Defense.
SpaceX relinquishes control of ‘Ukrainian’ Starlink terminals to Pentagon
I agree with your cocerns and a thought strikes me that in spite of all of the privacy intrusions, crime is still running rampant, more than ever. Maybe our benefactors want the crime to justify even more intrusion.
That plus fear and despair as means of psychological manipulation. We are up against sadistic psychopaths whose lust for power is the evil twin of grotesque satisfaction gained from making us suffer.
SpaceX wins first Pentagon contract for Starshield, its satellite network for military use
The Pentagon has awarded Elon Musk’s SpaceX its first confirmed contract for the Starshield network it’s developing, a military-specific version of the company’s Starlink satellite internet system, the defense agency said Wednesday.
“The SpaceX contract provides for Starshield end-to-end service (via the Starlink constellation), user terminals, ancillary equipment, network management and other related services,” Space Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek told CNBC.
The company unveiled Starshield last year as a new business line. The Pentagon is already a high-value buyer of the company’s rocket launches and had shown increasing interest in its Starlink satellite internet.
SpaceX has given few details about the intended scope and capabilities of Starshield. It markets the service as the center of an “end-to-end,” dedicated offering for national security with capabilities distinct from its Starlink consumer and enterprise network.
SpaceX’s award for Starshield follows its June win of a Pentagon contract to buy an undefined number of Starlink ground terminals for use in Ukraine.
The initial phase of the Starshield contract obligates $15 million to SpaceX by Sept. 30, to provide services that support 54 military “mission partners” across Department of Defense branches, the spokesperson said.
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Musk’s companies SpaceX, Starlink, Neuralink - we’re always intended to have military and “national security” purposes. SpaceX and Starlink with DoD, Neuralink with DARPA.
Starshield - could very well be the main piece of the 24/7 surveillance umbrella, operating globally - that will track and observe human interaction everywhere on earth.
Had a great view of 60 or satellite go by the other night. Way cool. Had some friends from church over the evening. They were not impressed. Can’t help that some people just don’t get it. I have gone out and watched several lines of starlink batches going by towards their orbits. Engineering geeks like me and Mrs. are impressed but average people may not understand the complexity of what we are seeing.
Yep.
Just more space junk. I’m more concerned about the monopoly that Google holds and to a lesser extent Fuckerberg.
How does China do that...mandate carrying a phone 24/7? Or embedded chip? Or a Watch? Just curious.
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