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Glad to see that SpaceX has lit a fire here. We'll look back and marvel at how much SpaceX accelerated our technological timeline due to aggressive optimism and

Glad to see that SpaceX has lit a fire here. We'll look back and marvel at how much SpaceX accelerated our technological timeline due to aggressive optimism and engineering leadership.

andromeduck 3y ago
Starlink was originally a google idea, originally a sister project to Loon, the founder quit and brought his team to SpaceX and then got fired by Elon. Everyone who repeats this story to me says it was because "Elon doesn't suffer fools" but YMMV.
- wilg 3y ago
  Who was that? Can't find anything about it.
  - akreal 3y ago
    Maybe this: "top designer Mark Krebs, who worked in Google's satellite and aircraft division" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-starlink-insight-idINKCN1N50FC/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-starlink-insight-i...
    - andromeduck 3y ago
      I think that might be it - it was called "Project Air" circa 2011-2015.
- jpm_sd 3y ago
  Global Bit didn't originate at Google X, it was an acqui-hire of O3B which later spun back out to become OneWeb. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutelsat_OneWeb https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutelsat_OneWeb There was definitely some weird cross pollination with SpaceX happening.
- ex3ndr 3y ago
  IIRC first version was very overengineered and team was replaced that built a simpler one.
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kanbara 3y ago
this completely discounts dozens of startups and universities that pioneered cubesats, swarm deployments, and engineers who developed amazing RF tech, not to mention the companies that SpaceX acqui-hired to develop this technology. it's really interesting how even here on HN there's such fanboyism. Starlink D2D isn't even a thing yet and yet D2D already exists in the world.
rakoo 3y ago
Yeah, so much progress can be done when you can overwork your employees to unsafe levels and treat them like dirt. What a fantastic company where you are paid less if you are black or a woman. If that's progress, I don't want any of it.

Glad to see that SpaceX has lit a fire here. We'll look back and marvel at how much SpaceX accelerated our technological timeline due to aggressive optimism and engineering leadership.

andromeduck 3y ago

Starlink was originally a google idea, originally a sister project to Loon, the founder quit and brought his team to SpaceX and then got fired by Elon. Everyone who repeats this story to me says it was because "Elon doesn't suffer fools" but YMMV.

wilg 3y ago
Who was that? Can't find anything about it.
- akreal 3y ago
  Maybe this: "top designer Mark Krebs, who worked in Google's satellite and aircraft division" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-starlink-insight-idINKCN1N50FC/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-starlink-insight-i...
  - andromeduck 3y ago
    I think that might be it - it was called "Project Air" circa 2011-2015.
jpm_sd 3y ago
Global Bit didn't originate at Google X, it was an acqui-hire of O3B which later spun back out to become OneWeb. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutelsat_OneWeb https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutelsat_OneWeb There was definitely some weird cross pollination with SpaceX happening.
ex3ndr 3y ago
IIRC first version was very overengineered and team was replaced that built a simpler one.
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kanbara 3y ago

this completely discounts dozens of startups and universities that pioneered cubesats, swarm deployments, and engineers who developed amazing RF tech, not to mention the companies that SpaceX acqui-hired to develop this technology. it's really interesting how even here on HN there's such fanboyism. Starlink D2D isn't even a thing yet and yet D2D already exists in the world.

rakoo 3y ago

Yeah, so much progress can be done when you can overwork your employees to unsafe levels and treat them like dirt. What a fantastic company where you are paid less if you are black or a woman. If that's progress, I don't want any of it.