| > SpaceX has itself stated in internal communications that their current satellites and current launch systems are not viable. Yes, you’re commenting on the Musk email to motivate starship. > I don't believe it ever will make any money—cellular networks do the same job better No they don’t, because they don’t exist with good coverage in most of the geographic US. I live ~30 miles from a major city and my internet options are terrible cell backed plans that have gnarly data caps and poor throughput. Your viewpoint is understandable but it’s completely out of touch with the reality of what exists today. I’m on the starlink waitlist and $100/mo for uncapped 50mbps in my location has absolutely no competition from the cell networks, terrestrial wireless, nor geo stationary providers. > So it is your opinion that he was lying to his employees to coerce them into working overtime over the holidays out of fear of losing their jobs? I fail to see how that's an improvement. Either the situation is legitimately desperate or the work environment is abusive. Yes, it’s likely the latter. Starship didn’t exist when starlink was started. The numbers didn’t change. |