Mastodawn

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116337015253122494

I very much appreciate the way they wrote this: "SpaceX, which recently reported two Starlink satellite failures that created new space debris, yesterday accused Amazon and its launch partner Arianespace of negligence that 'needlessly and significantly increases risk to other operational systems and inhabited spacecraft.'”

It's too bad that 2 giant evil companies hating each other does not result in anything cancelling out, and will probably just cause more problems...

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D. G. Marshall 1d ago

@sundogplanets

Didn't SpaceX just tell the FCC that a million Starlink satellites in orbit wouldn't be a hazard?

Now they're claiming a smaller number of Amazon satellites would be a hazard?

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Curio

@davidtheeviloverlord
Honstly the #Amazon/ #BlueOrigin vs #SpaceX thing probably probably cannot be overestimated in this: The current #FCC is completely ignorant to consumer needs like “working space infrastructure” (much more than previous incarnations), but when it’s Mega-Corp vs Mega-Corp is always when regulatory agencies really start acting. NGOs and civil society are often dismissed in the name of “the economy”, but when it’s the “the economy” against itself regulatory agencies have to start mediating or both sides will fail. Even in this political climate. Even with the #plutocracy. And they’re both close to the regime, so the FCC cannot just take sides it has to intervene here.

I expect great things from this.
@sundogplanets