272. Locked into Starlink’s Low Earth Iron Cage
This Machine Kills
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The Redheaded Stepchild of Elon Musk's Ventures
A new piece of investigative reporting by The New York Times shows that Starlink is actually the only technically and operationally successful endeavor that Elon Musk has under his belt. Jathan: I really did not take Starlink seriously at like a technical or operational level. But over these last two years or so, the Starlink has grown so fucking exponentially. They're putting 60 satellites into low earth orbit a week. That's insane. It's going to be the thing that sets him on a path towards either like real world super villainy or he'll disappear one day and then reappear with very different opinions about how this business should operate.
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