When Musk’s role in govt or in FAA oversight was under consideration, perhaps it was fair to say “raising concerns about conflicts.” When he announced SpaceX would redesign the ATC system, that was at least a clear conflict. Now they’re buying SpaceX products to do it, it is just plain corruption.
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The FAA has agreed to use SpaceX's Starlink internet system to upgrade the IT networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflicts of interest for CEO Elon Musk in one of his other roles, that of recommending funding cuts at federal agencies, including the FAA. cnn.it/436qirE
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#revolution
Firing safety workers and engineers, letting planes collide or almost collide to prove that the system needs an upgrade...
is reckless, irresponsible & people have died.
Americans should never lecture anyone on democracy ever again.
Second, Starlink doesn't have the bandwidth to deal with something like air traffic control when constant real time monitoring is required.
Folks need to be looking into competitors. Hell, some bored SiVal engineers should even look into starting competitors.
It creates a conflict of interest.
What’s being put in place?
What is this Internet connection being used for?
Who is paying the airline back for installing this equipment in their aircraft and the subsequent fuel penalty?
Also, what the actual fuck ?
The conflict of interest isn't what is being discussed. It starts with this megalomaniac never passing and being completely incapable of passing a security background check.
But consider this:
On any random day Elon Musk may wake up and decide to turn off Starlink access.
Either just for for fun or maybe as part of a larger extortion scheme.
Time to follow EU's footsteps and cutaway from SpaceX ASAP.
Knowing what we know now from Ukraine, it would be the height of stupidity to give Elon anymore leverage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSaHtdo_-Ac&t=15s
State Dept getting $40 million in Cyber Trucks.
Shuts down USAID to stop investigation into Starlink.
Shuts down FDA team investigating Neuralink.
Shuts down CFPB to stop investigating Tesla?
The majority of what Musk is doing is to enrich himself more.
Near miss crash just today..
We shouldn’t allow him any more power because of his lunacy.
https://youtu.be/MqNTLH_92O8?si=B4ywLoJ_oXtNtjsu
Did BigBalls just delete “Verizon” and type in “Starlink” instead?
Turns out it's a 10 year initial PoP with an option for a further 5. 1/2
https://www.washingtontechnology.com/companies/2023/03/faa-selects-verizon-24b-telecommunications-contract/384517/
https://bsky.app/profile/ecimino.bsky.social/post/3liz5mb6kb22i
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
I would say musk has the NA govt by the balls but the same govt has proven they have none and will bend over for corrupt $.
Transfer your money to a credit union or wherever.
When they ask why,
"You own stock in Tesla"
Banks hate to lose clients. Many clients.
Pass it on.
Repost.
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Big tech is turning to old reactors (and planning new ones) to power the energy-hungry data centers that AI systems need. #Deregulation #Conflict
https://conspiranon.blogspot.com/2025/02/blog-post_20.html
https://www.defensenews.com/space/2025/02/07/pentagon-acquisition-office-orders-review-of-space-development-agency/
Once folks realize that, everything else makes sense.
We saw his hair-trigger temper with Ukraine! Space Karen is not to be trusted