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SpaceX's Private Control Of Satellite Internet Concerns Military Leaders (www.space.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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SpaceX's Private Control Of Satellite Internet Concerns Military Leaders::Military leaders around the world have expressed concerns over the dominance of SpaceX founder Elon Musk when it comes to satellite-based internet services.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Honestly even of he was a great guy it's still a bad idea to have an incredibly important military asset in the hands of a private corporation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Absolutely.

[–] elscallr 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's SpaceX's assets, they launched them. The Air Force has the ability to put up their own and they haven't.