saveanon12Starlink lost another 43 satellites last night. Over 300 satellites have burned up since July 16th. NOAA has 3 job openings for space forecaster.
originaluciferhow many does he have to lose before the whole thing isnt worth it?
FaceDeerMore than this, because this loss rate is designed for. The constellation is at a very low altitude and is intended to be constantly replaced like this.
How does the company stay afloat when they’re constantly replacing satellites? The money, the logistics, and most of all, the materials. What a waste.
Because they launch them in large batches using a reusable rocket, so it doesn't actually cost much. They did work out the economics of Starlink before they started building the system.
When they worked out those details they also thought they would have 20,000,000 subscribers before now and not just 2,000,000
They are nevertheless already profitable, and they haven't even begun using Starship to launch satellites yet.
All that sweet gov’t funding doesn’t hurt the bottom line.
Not a musk simp, but Musk corps are actually fullfilling contracts and dont have much cost overruns ( unlike other inefficient corps like Blue Origin, Lockhead Martin, and car manufacturers like Chevy and Ford that feed on gov grants and tax incentives )
Don’t forget boeing. Who is failing at simple ISS docking missions and killing people by dodging modern safety standards with the 737 Max.
Yea, Starliner is miserable. Also Northrop Gruman which is a taxpayer-money sinkhole. Meanwhile their argument would be: hurr durr we are creating jubs! 1000 jobs costing the rest of 300 million people a fortune