SpaceX gets $886M from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 states

Re:SpaceX gets $886M from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 st... by Jach on Monday December 07, 2020 @06:32PM (#25339254)

Well, there's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiel_Fellowship but there aren't many of them and the funding is a few orders of magnitude less. Perhaps somewhat made up for in social network/connections.

I've wanted to read about what happened if anyone ever decided to apply Asimov's filter at earlier ages. His filter was simply having interest in particular science fiction. https://www.gwern.net/docs/culture/1963-asimov

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Re:SpaceX gets $886M from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 st... by staunch on Monday December 07, 2020 @07:53PM (#25340068)

I think the amount makes all the difference. A $200 million windfall is enough for FU money AND and investing. SpaceX and Tesla would not have existed, or would have failed, had Elon Musk not have his own fortune to call upon. He had planned to invest a portion but ended up needing all of his money.

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Re:SpaceX gets $886M from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 st... by slim on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @02:23AM (#25342778)

that's to identify and fund a thousand Peter Thiels. I'm not sure we want that

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Re:SpaceX gets $886M from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 st... by staunch on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @01:00PM (#25348986)

Peter Thiel is a big part of why PayPal succeeded. PayPal enabled Elon Musk. I think Thiel also invested in various Elon Musk projects, so we probably do want more Peter Thiels.

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