SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million::Starlink has a fraction of the projected $12B revenue and 20M users, WSJ says.

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    2 years ago

    Countries like Russia could make an argument for attacking these satellites.

    Russia’s best shot would be accidentally crashing a lunar lander into one.

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        2 years ago

        They just need to try and land on one, that’s the trick.

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      2 years ago

      Like when the US crashed a lander into Mars. Good times.

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        2 years ago

        Uhh, yeah in 1999. Proving yet again that Russia is stuck 20+ years behind us technologically.

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          2 years ago

          “But… but… muh daddy can beat up yur daddy!”

          Brilliant.

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            2 years ago

            Yeah if your daddy keeps kicking over neighbor’s fences I’d certainly hope my daddy could beat him up. Cope.