[robotresearcher]

Also where terrestrial access is denied by the local government or infra has been disabled or destroyed.

I hope Starlink can maintain enough regular non-crisis subscribers to subsidize this incredibly helpful use case.

Perhaps governments could/do pay a retainer to keep this option alive.

[jdonaldson]

I'm quite sure that's what's already going on. LEO is big and empty and pretty boring, but it's also resilient to increasing trends of natural disaster, war, and civil unrest. Having a foothold there matters more and more every day.