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Stop Schizoposting

I do.

Just answer me this. What is money? Like define it

Eh?

Loans aren’t an asset they’re a liability. I think you’re butchering the “he can borrow against shares” argument even more than it’s already butchered here

And again, that’s literally not what I’m saying. Learn. To. Read

Not what I said. Learn to read

SpaceX doesn’t need money. They get money FOR PROVIDING A SERVICE

It’s an exchange no different than paying your hairdresser for a haircut.

And that’s not what I said lmao

Well yeah because Musks net worth is tired up in shares not a bank balance

No I’m saying you are an idiot who doesn’t understand currency

That’s not how money is made.

Go back to school lil bro

NASA didn’t just give them money. It was a mutual exchange

NASA would be in a very poor situation with SpaceX

And no. It wasn’t a terrible design. It hasn’t created a monopoly either

Come on bro this is weak

It will be lmfao. Because the arrays are fucking huge

The latest block 1 is literally brighter

Half of our economic issues atm are because the government printed money for covid stimulus. And that’s just stimulus, not even close to meeting deficit

I beg you. Never seek a position of power

You don’t understand how money works do you? Yes. The government can go broke

Yes the government distributes currency

For fuck sake. Do you think they can just print more? Do you know what happens to countries when they try that?

That’s not how currency actually works lol.

NASA also didn’t create SpaceX. And to claim the CCP messed it up is absurd frankly

Also not once was it a single source competition. Again, that’s just false

Emotional? Bro he’s not emotionally favourable

And that’s projecting a bias in and of itself to assume he will be emotionally attracted because of weak reasoning

And no. There is not financial bias. That’s been established and will be routed out by the ethics committee

No it’s like saying you don’t rely on Ford to make pickups.

You too

Yeah they have deep ties. Doesn’t change the nature of many of their MOUs

Also, as a note. Starlink isn’t primarily a D2C provider. This is more of a side hustle for them atm

AST getting a significant market share in the sector doesn’t mean they’re being outcompeted on their overall market

Not actually better really when they’re significantly more disruptive

And it’s no surprise they have their own intentions. Why did you think they hoovered up spectrum rights?

They were quite literally referred to as the worst offenders by the IAU because of this. The block 2 sats will be even brighter (mag -1, as bright as Vega)

And yes. There have been complaints

The current Block 1 sats are mag 0.3 at brightest (target is 7, so 300x brighter. Average is still 40x brighter min)

I mean as competitive. Their niche isn’t much wider than starlinks and Starlink has a head start despite a tortoise approach to rollout

20-40% share is what’s projected. Starlink is currently at 92% in beta

The MOUs here are also exploratory deals. Starlinks are binding and commercial deals

This is just how the two compete though. AST is bidding on quantity atm then having a solid market when they enter

Starlink has more agreements with operators but only a few for D2C because they prefer to have a working network and revenue potential before making deals

Never seek a position of power lol

If this is all you treat a means of exchange as

Do you know what happens when countries take the rookie error of just printing money?

Yeah they have some deals. But to claim they’re going to be as competitive is a stretch

There’s also something that should be noted about the fact their sats are enormous and bright.

Very hard to scale that and meet astronomical targets

Florida Phoenix is not a valid source lol

I mean from the outset it’s saying they will “block beaches” by which they mean limited closures for launches not denial of public access

I suggest you widen your sources from clickbait tabloids who are feeding you a story not the truth

Use ≠ rely on. The U.S. absolutely does not rely on Starlink and Starshield is managed and operated by the pentagon