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SpaceX is reportedly building hundreds of spy satellites for the US government (www.engadget.com)
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[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 61 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Just imagine highly classified intelligence information in the hands of dangerous people like Moron Musk

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 31 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just imagine the US goes to war and Elon shuts them off because some foreign leader strokes his (let's say) ego.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Starsheild is just a satellite bus, which is just sorta like the central building block for satellites. It handles communication, navigation, etc. The government will likely be in total control of the system once it's deployed.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 1 points 8 months ago

Communication is kinda important.

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