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1. mosura · 1790187453 · focus · HN ↗

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   1. bigyabai · 1790188044 · focus · HN ↗

      Nobody is pretending to build or defend anything positive in space. Efforts like Starlink are blatantly and publicly a synthetic aperature radar constellation for military use: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;SpaceX_Starshield" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;SpaceX_Starshield

      1. ab5tract · 1790188454 · focus · HN ↗

         And in that respect, it was a deviation from the propaganda of previous eras, which did in fact frame efforts as building and defending positive things in space.

         1. bigyabai · 1790197360 · focus · HN ↗

            The V2, Cold War and original space race set the tone for anyone that was watching. After the Reykjavík Summit, it was clear that America had started down a nigh-irreversible path to commercialize, militarize and whitewash the space industry.

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