[inemesitaffia]

Google replaced loon with starlink and point to point laser tech

[kortilla]

What weird phrasing. Loon just shutdown on its own and did not participate in any of the sat laser development for Starlink.

[inemesitaffia]

Google invested in SpaceX and exited loon at around the same time.

Also at least one of Greg Wylers people at Google working on OneWeb left for Starlink

[inemesitaffia]

The laser tech is a different thing within GoogleX

[jeffbee]

I'm asking why the US doesn't own a blimp with a base station taped to the bottom.

[toast0]

Well, the US doesn't run any phone companies... a bettee question is why don't the telephone companies own or borrow a dirigible to provide emergency services. Hazards of dirigibles in huricane season might be part of it, of course.

[mensetmanusman]

Hurricanes would blow it away

[shrubble]

That would require the government to be innovative.