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272. Locked into Starlink’s Low Earth Iron Cage

This Machine Kills

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The Second Warrantor's Decision to Seize Control of the Satellites

The U.S. has been neglecting and cannibalizing its ability to put things into space, says Julian Zelizer. "There's no built-in check on privatization of the government," he says. The military does have core functions superseded by private entities increasingly since privatizations began in the 1990s.

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