Starlink has a lot of room left to grow into — telecom is a truly massive market.
People love a good downfall.
Gives them a nice little excuse for why they never had a meteoric rise of their own.
The universe bends toward well-articulated futures.
This is why optimistic sci-fi is so important, and doomers are so dangerous.
@Erdayastronaut There's a redditor out there who is like... "told ya"
Check the time stamp: five years ago!
Here it is: my 12,000 word report on Space Warfighting.
Handed it to Space Force leadership two weeks ago, and it's now public.
My core argument: No amount of wishful thinking can keep us from having to fight a space war. So we had better learn how to win one.
Contents:
The First Principles of Space Warfighting
▸ Space is close to earth, but it’s hard to get there.
▸ Orbits are predictable, but tracking objects in space is hard.
▸ Space is physically massive, but operationally small.
How To Win a Space War
▸ Maximize upmass to orbit.
▸ Scale commercial satellite manufacturing.
▸ Disaggregate and proliferate military satellite systems.
▸ Dominate the cold war.
▸ Defend the domain.
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They did it.
SpaceX has now launched more satellites than the rest of humanity, combined, all time.
Overnight, China successfully launched a new medium-class rocket to orbit — Long March 12B.
Looks like they gave no airspace notice (!), and carried suspiciously Starlink-shaped satellites to orbit... all on their first try.
China's space industry is catching up to ours, fast.
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I want to fund a space warfighting prime.
Space is a unique domain. It's huge, hostile, and fragile — so we need tech that can help America secure outer space *while preserving the domain itself.*
If you're thinking about the future of space and defense, please get in touch.
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SpaceX is only ~200 satellites away from having launched as many satellites as the rest of the world combined
(despite giving the rest of the world a 61-year head start)
