Starlink: A Private Empire Built on Public Funds
by Ram ben Ze’ev Starlink: A Private Empire Built on Public Funds We are told, repeatedly, that Starlink is the marvel of private enterprise. That Elon Musk, the maverick billionaire, has singlehandedly reshaped the communications landscape by placing more than eight thousand satellites into orbit, offering Internet connectivity from the battlefield in Ukraine to the deserts of Africa. The narrative is intoxicating: the free market at work, solving problems that governments could never...
