I don't get this argument. The US government has invested into a tech development. Which means that spacex seemed to have a good base to pull that off. I didn't see a line of other companies doing anywhere near that capability.

Also, everyone calls for government to take lead in doing stuff for the betterment of humanity, but the second that happened, everyone loses their minds. Make up your mind, are we ok with government doing stuff or not?

[–] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, government subsidies literally exist to try and get people to do the thing they're subsidizing - it makes no sense to hate on a company that completes them.

[–] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago

Satellites are why everyone in Africa has a mobile phone and they didn't have to build huge infrastructure projects to connect everyone, billions of the poorest people in the would have cheap access because of satalites which gives them access to education, healthcare information, tools to politically organise and all sorts of other benefits.

GPS is a service we all use regularly from the richest to poorest, hugely advanced and totally free to use - it's a literal lifesaver

Another literal lifesaver that's free for everyone to benefit from is whether satalites, when people get warned of incoming hurricanes and typhoons that's satalites.

The various global warming research satalites could also save our lives, and the lives of everyone in the planet.

And the things we have planned in space will help avoid resource depletion and allow development of far higher standards of life for everyone, mining titanium for example could make this incredibly useful metal as cheap as steel which would totally revolutionise things like water treatment and construction.

Yes musk is an idiot but that doesn't mean satalites aren't awesome