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Germany blocks full Chinese takeover of satellite startup on national security grounds (techxplore.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The German tech company KLEO Connect aims to establish its own network of satellites in low Earth orbit that can provide internet to remote locations, hoping to rival Starlink.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The universe is big enough to be able to handle that. Earth's orbit less so.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Even so, it seems counterproductive to abandon tons of really expensive materials in space, presumably until supply of these materials on Earth is depleted.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Don't worry, in the long-term anything in LEO will end up on Earth again.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If sending these materials up there helps you secure more supply of them on earth it is a win. For humanity it is a loss, but we still think in nation states until we are all fucked.