SpaceX is reportedly building a $1.8 billion network of spy satellites for US intelligence

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SpaceX is reportedly building a network of spy satellites for US intelligence
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A lot wrong here, I'm sorry to say, and I'm really not a fan of Musk. He is absolutely not selling Starlink to be used by Russia. That would be shut down real quick. (They may be using black-market terminals, but that's a different question.) And this new constellation will, as I understand it, be owned and operated by the US govt. Think like every single spy satellite ever: govt finds a contractor and asks them to do a thing.

Oh, right. They couldnt possibly make another and sell that to someone else, oh wait...

Making boatloads of money

or

Making far less money along with loss of freedom for decades, or fleeing and sanctions while having your every shart logged...