satellites

“Elon has almost 3000 satellites at 500 kilometer altitude, and it would be wise for you to talk to Elon before you try to go through the orbital shell that he has.”

“At that time in 2006, there were only 1200 working satellites and 26,000 pieces of garbage.”

“Historically, GEO is actually the most valuable orbit. That is where the bulk of money has been spent to put satellites into orbit.”

“If anything, they've gotten bigger and bigger over time instead of smaller and smaller. They somehow, you know, got, found themselves in this, you know, part of the design space where they got, they fell into this, you know, local optima. Descending down this …”

“The big satellites that historically cost several hundred million dollars each You know, they are the size of a school bus, if not like a double decker, you know, big, big red London double decker bus.”

“The US government launched barely over 200 last year.”

“Every satellite requires a connection point back to Earth. If you don't have it, you don't have a space mission. It literally is just like a rock in space.”