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Low Earth Orbit is Gonna Get Crowded
« on: May 10, 2021, 08:55:42 AM »
China is supposedly creating their own version of Starlink. If a couple more countries do the same thing, it's gonna be a traffic jam up there.

https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3132709/chinas-new-bid-take-elon-musks-starlink-state-owned-satellite
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Re: Low Earth Orbit is Gonna Get Crowded
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2021, 08:59:12 AM »
I also expect the Chinese to roll out a copy of Falcon 9 before too long.

Above article starts out with a SJW triggering picture of Musk
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Re: Low Earth Orbit is Gonna Get Crowded
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2021, 09:14:02 AM »
I expect that picture was chosen deliberately by the South China Morning Post to stir up trouble.  That's despite its bogus symbology. 
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