Smart lawyers.

And investors are going to throw a ton of money at them anyway. Where as if they didn't mention this, they could be in a lot of trouble with the FTC.

Really, so there's a 'risk' Muskovite space junk will fall on our heads? No Way! Impossible!

"Oh, look, pretty Meteorites!"

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Noting also that Starlink is the only profitable bit of SpaceX (launching rockets and being an also run AI company are not) but clearly their exponential growth of satellite telecom is not going to continue as near-earth orbit saturates, so SpaceX as a whole is clearly enormously overvalued and the IPO is just a scam to allow Musk to cash out at the expense of Musk groupies and your pension investments tied up in Index Funds.

Good points. Had not thought of using this rationale to pressure the FCC to block competitors. Nothing is surprising about these guys.

SpaceX has made similar statements before. What they imply is that satellite constellations by other operators may raise the risk of collisions and space debris, not their own.

They can use that argument to influence the FCC to block their competitor's systems.

The stmt about "cascading collision event that renders our licensed orbits unusable for an extended period” is in the context of natural disasters,, cyberattacks, etc.

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We are clearly going to need a Starship that can refuel in orbit for The Great Cleanup

A meteor could make space the final frontier for humankind decades in the future.

If GPS were in any way disrupted because of Space junk just getting in the way of the signal those affect would probably shut down the global economy enlarge measure.

The modern economy has long stringy, thin and brittle supply chains strung out everywhere, everywhere around around the globe and in orbit.

And the kicker...

"A worst-case scenario is flagged: a strike that could “trigger a cascading collision event that renders our licensed orbits, and potentially other orbits, unusable for an extended period."

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"The company goes further, acknowledging that as more objects crowd LEO, “the probability of accidental collisions, fragmentation events, or other in-orbit incidents increases, which could result in the loss or degradation of our satellites, increased costs for collision avoidance maneuvers, or the need to replace or reposition assets on an accelerated schedule.”

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SpaceX S1: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026036936/spaceexplorationtechnologi.htm

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