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Seems like a natural idea for (early) Google. Any insights into why nothing like it happened?
Google's business strategy for the longest time has revolved around selling software services. AdSense, YouTube, Google Drive - all of these are services they can scale up by turning a knob and waiting for servers to spin up. Rocket science is a whole different ball game, and one that most businesses simply can't justify regardless of the scale they're at.
Rockets are just really expensive. It's hard to get stuff into orbit cheaply, and even now I wouldn't be surprised if Starlink is a net-loss product for SpaceX still. Google's business strategy for the longest time has revolved around selling software services. AdSense, YouTube, Google Drive - all of these are services they can scale up by turning a knob and waiting for servers to spin up. Rocket science is a whole d…
Starlink would have then their focus out of search and AI which they clearly understand better and dominate.
Also, there is nothing innovative from Musk itself as far as starlink goes. More than half of research and implementation is funded by USG and Tax Payer funded rebates and concessions.
Google has typically invested in existing viable technologies and forced them into a lower price point to make them more available. Google fiber was introduced 14 years ago when that kind of speed was unheard of. At the time most ISPs wanted to have bandwidth caps and rate limits because they were afraid of people abusing the network. Google came in and showed that it was viable to do at a price point for the residential consumer. This forced the market to adapt. Google also had a similar program with cellular service as well.
No. They could not even get fiber rolled out to the US. They started well but it requires immense power in local and federal level that takes decades (yes, decades) to accommodate. Starlink would have then their focus out of search and AI which they clearly understand better and dominate. Also, there is nothing innovative from Musk itself as far as starlink goes. More than half of research and implementation is funde…
And the other half?
Isn't the system for delivering them to orbit at low cost an innovation?
No. They could not even get fiber rolled out to the US. They started well but it requires immense power in local and federal level that takes decades (yes, decades) to accommodate. Starlink would have then their focus out of search and AI which they clearly understand better and dominate. Also, there is nothing innovative from Musk itself as far as starlink goes. More than half of research and implementation is funde…
> Also, there is nothing innovative from Musk itself as far as starlink goes. More than half of research and implementation is funded by USG and Tax Payer funded rebates and concessions. And the other half? Isn't the system for delivering them to orbit at low cost an innovation?
No. They could not even get fiber rolled out to the US. They started well but it requires immense power in local and federal level that takes decades (yes, decades) to accommodate. Starlink would have then their focus out of search and AI which they clearly understand better and dominate. Also, there is nothing innovative from Musk itself as far as starlink goes. More than half of research and implementation is funde…