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[–] plyth@feddit.org 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

$1.75 trillion is impossible unless people develop a strange love for this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starshield

satellites designed to provide new military space capabilities to U.S. and allied governments

The primary project SpaceX is reportedly vying for are contracts for the Golden Dome space weapons system.

That's the ticket to win nuclear war (or dream about it) and it will be priced accordingly.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

That's going to go about as well as robotaxis and the Tesla robots

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

There won't be anybody left to ask their money back. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago