Elon Musk ist abgesehen, den Raum zu regieren. Kann ihn jemand aufhalten?

Between SpaceX and Starlink, Elon Musk has a stranglehold on space access. With Starlink, he can turn off the internet on a whim, and SpaceX is currently America’s only way to get humans into space. The geopolitical power that he commands is hard to quantify.

Now, Musk has a chance to leverage his two dominant positions into a third. For the first time in decades, America is openly working on the weaponization of space, in response to what the Pentagon claims are threats from Russia and China. The Pentagon is investing in spacecraft that can fly up to other countries’ satellites and attack. Separately, the president has pledged $175 billion for a program that could eventually entail hundreds and hundreds of orbiting interceptors and even more communications satellites to allow them to work together.

Musk’s companies are unlikely to build the weapons themselves. But getting them into space, and getting them to talk to one another, that is most certainly in their wheelhouse. So while Musk may not have open access to the Oval Office like he used to, there’s no conceivable way such a buildup won’t benefit SpaceX. The open question is, by how much? When the orbiting rifles are handed out, how many gun lockers will Elon have the keys to? And what’s at stake if he’s given an outsize role in the weaponization of space?

Read the full story here: [https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-emperor-of-space/](https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-emperor-of-space/)

Time will stop him.

China and Europe will do their own starlink alternatives so people will have options

(Pokes with a stick United States Securities and Exchange Commission)… Well they don’t seem to interested in it turns out if you make enough companies to work together like a investment cup game you don’t become a Theranos. But Orbital V with the power of G ME over R keeps him going..(i tryed to make a math joke using game stop).