Elon Musk and his SpaceX company (SpaceX) may never have imagined that they would become the public enemy of human space exploration, and even NASA has been killed, warning SpaceX that their "starlink" satellites will affect U.S. space activities.
The leaks have been raining overnight, and the recent days have been very difficult for Elon Musk and his SpaceX company. Just a few days ago, 40 satellites just launched by SpaceX were scrapped and the losses were huge. Immediately after, NASA issued a warning to SpaceX.
According to the Global Times reported on December 10, 49 satellites launched by the US Space Exploration Technology Company on February 3 have recently been affected by geomagnetic storms caused by the sun, of which 40 satellites have been out of orbit. The forty scrapped satellites are entering or have entered the atmosphere, the largest loss of satellites ever caused by a solar storm.
In fact, when Elon Musk carried out the "Starlink" satellite program, many countries questioned this plan, believing that such a huge satellite system would bring great threats to space security. China has informed the United Nations of the dangerous approach of the "Starlink" satellite to the Chinese space station, threatening the safety of astronauts in orbit.
As for the danger of the "Starlink" satellite, anyone who knows a little about spaceflight knows it. Elon Musk and his SpaceX plan to build a "starchain" system of 12,000 satellites in Earth orbit. Thousands of these satellites will be in low-Earth orbit just over five hundred kilometers from Earth, which will pose a huge security risk for human exploration of space.
Even nasa couldn't look away and directly warned it. NASA said that the low Earth orbit has been very crowded by the "Starlink" satellites, and if it continues, the probability of space collision accidents will increase significantly, and SpaceX will also plan to upgrade 30,000 satellites into space, when not only the United States science and manned space missions will be affected, but also the space and aviation missions of other countries will also be affected. It can even be said that with the further improvement of the "Starlink" satellite, SpaceX will also become the biggest enemy of human exploration of space.
This is not alarmist, to know that NASA and SpaceX cooperation is very close, this time to stand out "righteousness and kill relatives" proves that the development of "Starlink" has indeed reached a very dangerous point, otherwise they will not stand up to accuse the "calves".
Some analysts pointed out that these satellites launched by SpaceX can no longer be described as a star chain, which will become a chain for human exploration of space, and even a "space mine". If Elon Musk does not make adjustments in time, perhaps in the near future, SpaceX will become a complete "public enemy" of human exploration of space, and even the United States may not be sheltering them. (No defects)