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FCC Fast-Tracks SpaceX's Plan for 1M Satellites. And It Wants Your Thoughts (www.pcmag.com)
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The Federal Communications Commission seems eager to let SpaceX experiment with massive data centers in space. On Wednesday, Chairman Brendan Carr tweeted, "The FCC welcomes and now seeks comment on the SpaceX application for Orbital Data Centers."

SpaceX’s application to launch up to one million satellites has been accepted by the agency, kicking off a public comment period. The announcement is surprising because the company only submitted its proposal on Friday. Usually, the FCC takes weeks or months to respond. In this case, it made a decision in days, even though SpaceX’s proposal appears preliminary and even rushed, according to space experts, some of whom question the constellation’s feasibility.

For perspective, only 14,500 satellites are currently in orbit. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk now wants to dramatically increase that number by about 70 times, raising questions about the environmental toll from the required rocket launches and the potential for space debris.

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[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

I bet the FCC will look the other way as the public comments are gamed by influence operations Musk et al hire to pump their projects. Not the first time when they ended net neutrality the FCC knowingly pretended not to see fake comments from influence operations.

It's like that with everything now, tech doesn't even pretend, app scores are openly gamed, all with perfect ratings. Product ratings the same, my podcast pops up for me to rate, my options, give a top rating or wait until later. It's all open corruption at this point and no one cares.