Comment by tehjoker

> This is a conspiracy theory folks who just Googled In-Q-Tel have been stringing together since Covid. It's not true.

??? It's documented that Ukraine is using Starlink extensively.

Golden dome: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/golden-dome-for-america-trump-m...

> Wat.

Communications are an exception to the lunar treaty that governs the militarization of space.

Don't forget that the original space program was designed to peacefully demonstrate a high degree of control over ICBM class rockets. They're so good and accurate, we can put a human on top of one. The government does not spend huge amounts of money on things like "art" or "science" without a motivating factor. This is the capitalist empire, not socialism.