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Re:SpaceX working on fix for Starlink satellites so they don... by SEJeff on Sunday December 08, 2019 @11:42AM (#21736737)
Musk has been excessively clear the goal of Starlink is to allow SpaceX to self-fund a manned mars mission. You're welcome to downvote all you want, but this does not negate the fact Musk has directly said this (in several interviews). Many people tend to agree with him on this possibility:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/15/musk-on-starlink-internet-sa...

https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-internet-satellites-ma...

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Re:SpaceX working on fix for Starlink satellites so they don... by Tomte on Sunday December 08, 2019 @11:57AM (#21736815)
So the ends justify the means?

Great, why doesn't Musk trade in Ivory? There's a tidy profit to be had. Maybe he can donate a couple dollars to PETA, and everything's fine.

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Re:SpaceX working on fix for Starlink satellites so they don... by ceejayoz on Sunday December 08, 2019 @12:18PM (#21736924)
https://www.fws.gov/international/travel-and-trade/ivory-ban...

> On July 6, 2016, a near-total ban on commercial trade in African elephant ivory went into effect in the United States.

Hard to make a profit when you're shut down by the government.

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Re:SpaceX working on fix for Starlink satellites so they don... by SEJeff on Sunday December 08, 2019 @12:28PM (#21736968)
He’s just trying to build up a strawman to attack. Typical HN troll.
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Re:SpaceX working on fix for Starlink satellites so they don... by dang on Sunday December 08, 2019 @01:26PM (#21737280)
Please don't perpetuate flamewars on HN, and please especially don't do personal attacks. We ban accounts that do that.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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