Comment on Ask HN: Did Google/Alphabet ever try to build a Starlink?Comments−orionblastar1yRockets are expensive Google should team with Blue Horizons or SpaceX to use their rockets to launch their version of Starlink or rent Starlink's satellites for cheaper to establish their Internet in space.−bwock1yMeta tried that, but unfortunately their satellite was on one of the few rockets that blew up ...−justinclift1ytheir satellite was on one of the few rockets that blew upSo there was some positive aspect to losing that rocket after all. :)A world where meta has the global satellite network happening instead of current StarLink would likely be a worse one for humanity.
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Rockets are expensive Google should team with Blue Horizons or SpaceX to use their rockets to launch their version of Starlink or rent Starlink's satellites for cheaper to establish their Internet in space.
Meta tried that, but unfortunately their satellite was on one of the few rockets that blew up ...
So there was some positive aspect to losing that rocket after all. :)
A world where meta has the global satellite network happening instead of current StarLink would likely be a worse one for humanity.