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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116840728622345061">Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-2026 06:34:28 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets" title="sundogplanets@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/16889-48-20240112143200.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Prof. Sam Lawler" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Prof. Sam Lawler</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/116840706024229940" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>SpaceX is owned by the richest dude in the world, a demonstrably horrible person.  And SpaceX effectively controls orbit right now.  </p><p>There are also dozens of other companies planning to launch even more satellites into already-crowded orbit.  (Another company I've never heard of just filed today for another 100,000 satellites <a href="https://spacenews.com/orbital-files-plans-for-100000-orbital-data-centers/" rel="nofollow">https://spacenews.com/orbital-files-plans-for-100000-orbital-data-centers/</a>. Fuck.)</p><p>Our future ability to make use of incredibly beneficial satellites is entirely in the hands of selfish, horrible billionaires.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6515969#notice-12822523">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-07-01T06:34:28+09:00" title="Wednesday, 01-Jul-2026 06:34:28 JST">about 7 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/116840728622345061" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/116840728622345061">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: spacenews.com</div><h5><a href="https://spacenews.com/orbital-files-plans-for-100000-orbital-data-centers/">Orbital files plans for 100,000 orbital data centers</a></h5><div> from <span>Jason Rainbow</span></div></header><div>Five-month-old startup Orbital has asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to deploy up to 100,000 data center satellites, aiming to bring 10 gigawatts of computing power from space to meet rising artificial intelligence demand.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-2026 06:34:28 JST Prof. Sam Lawler
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SpaceX is owned by the richest dude in the world, a demonstrably horrible person. And SpaceX effectively controls orbit right now.
There are also dozens of other companies planning to launch even more satellites into already-crowded orbit. (Another company I've never heard of just filed today for another 100,000 satellites https://spacenews.com/orbital-files-plans-for-100000-orbital-data-centers/. Fuck.)
Our future ability to make use of incredibly beneficial satellites is entirely in the hands of selfish, horrible billionaires.
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  Five-month-old startup Orbital has asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to deploy up to 100,000 data center satellites, aiming to bring 10 gigawatts of computing power from space to meet rising artificial intelligence demand.

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