[bri3d]

As many of us learned from the unauthorized Swarm Technologies satellites the other week, the FCC approve satellite launches. So this is effectively SpaceX getting the final sign-off they need to launch this service - I think that can count as an advance. I think there are a lot of arguments to be made about the world-changing nature of this project but I'm not sure FCC approval is the best one to downplay.

[greglindahl]

Did you notice the part of the article that talked about this being a conditional approval, not the final one?

[walrus01]

99.9% of the time FCC conditional approvals for new tech will eventually convert into final approval. It's just a procedural thing.