Elon Musk says the Request to Turn on Starlink in Crimea Came from the Ukrainian Government in the Middle of the Night "We figured out that this was kind of like a Pearl Harbor like attack...So they really asked us to proactively take part in a major act of war"

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[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Bruh this isn't data

It's just more of your feelings. Asshole

Go and get data. Show me how many satellites would be needed if a company aspired to serve say 20% of the global internet usage. Would it be 20?

Are AST's network of 20, providing an internal network, so data doesn't have to touch the ground when travelling from USA to Australia?

Do AST also plan to provide internet to millions and millions of data-hungry vehicles? A Tesla update can be gigabytes provided to millions of vehicles across the world.

How are the network switches on those 20? How many consumers can each one service? This will give you a maximum number of possible subscribers - how does that compare to spacex?

Get some data. Stick your funny feelings, where the sun doesn't shine.

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They need 243 for global coverage. I don't give a shit about the path the data takes, because this is not relevant for civilian purposes. The only thing that matters is cost and whether latency is reasonable (which it will be).

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Read this if you want to get some minor amount of clue: https://starlinkinsider.com/ast-spacemobile-vs-starlink/.

[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

If I want a minor clue? I'm not the dipshit who's harping on about this

What clue did you find on that page which informed your opinion?

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I don't use secondary sources for investments. As such, you claiming that it informed my opinion is -- again -- wrong.

[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Okay so you offered, as evidence for this hazy argument, a page which you wouldn't have looked at and "don't use". So what was the fucking point of that.

You're the asshole trying to develop your argument here, so go out and find real data or information to build your case upon.

So far it's still just "funny feelings"

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You were supposed to provide evidence to me, since I already argued in favor of the "Starlink was designed to be a military system from the start"- thesis.

[–]Site_rly_sux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Why was I supposed to? Lol. You're the one trying to make a case. I haven't asserted any facts.

Now that I think about it, I think you're definitely fucking 100% wrong

  1. US government have their own lift capacity, why the fuck are they riding along on spacex

  2. Why the fuck would military satellites also have open ports for the public to connect to for Netflix and porn

  3. Why the fuck are spacex publicly asking the US government to put 4k says in LEO, if it's a secret space force operation. Why not just send up the spy sats without making it public

  4. Why the fuck would the USA bolt a consumer home internet product onto a military satellite system

  5. Why the fuck do the USA need 4000? Why does the fact that 4000 seems high to you, imply that the government is involved?

  6. Why the fuck do the USA need 4000 satellites for military purposes, when the 4000 provide a network topology for the global Tesla fleet and home internet users. It's almost suspiciously exactly like what a network for Tesla and home internet might look like, rather than military

It's just so so dumb.

I am not gonna provide you any evidence, because I am not trying to convince you of anything or asserting any facts than my listed opinions above.

If you want to convince me of something then build your case, asshole. Cannot believe I am still having to explain this. Find evidence and data or gtfo, you dipshit

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Scenario 1: US government deploying thousands of spy sats in the night sky, which is going to spy on China.

Scenario 2: Musk (asshole billionaire) deploying thousands of sats for faster viewing of cat videos in the night sky, which will fuck up astronomy.

The point about the great number of small sats is that it becomes expensive to take the whole thing down. That is another military property (extreme resiliency).

A county would potentially choose to destroy any military sats above their ground, but if they don't know for a fact they are military they might allow it.