top | item 39097645 (no title) andromeduck | 2 years ago Starlink was originally a google idea, originally a sister project to Loon, the founder quit and brought his team to SpaceX and then got fired by Elon. Everyone who repeats this story to me says it was because "Elon doesn't suffer fools" but YMMV. discuss order hn newest jpm_sd|2 years ago Global Bit didn't originate at Google X, it was an acqui-hire of O3B which later spun back out to become OneWeb.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutelsat_OneWebThere was definitely some weird cross pollination with SpaceX happening. unknown|2 years ago [deleted] ex3ndr|2 years ago IIRC first version was very overengineered and team was replaced that built a simpler one. wilg|2 years ago Who was that? Can't find anything about it. akreal|2 years ago Maybe this: "top designer Mark Krebs, who worked in Google's satellite and aircraft division"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-starlink-insight-i... load replies (1)
jpm_sd|2 years ago Global Bit didn't originate at Google X, it was an acqui-hire of O3B which later spun back out to become OneWeb.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutelsat_OneWebThere was definitely some weird cross pollination with SpaceX happening.
ex3ndr|2 years ago IIRC first version was very overengineered and team was replaced that built a simpler one.
wilg|2 years ago Who was that? Can't find anything about it. akreal|2 years ago Maybe this: "top designer Mark Krebs, who worked in Google's satellite and aircraft division"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-starlink-insight-i... load replies (1)
akreal|2 years ago Maybe this: "top designer Mark Krebs, who worked in Google's satellite and aircraft division"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-starlink-insight-i... load replies (1)
jpm_sd|2 years ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutelsat_OneWeb
There was definitely some weird cross pollination with SpaceX happening.
unknown|2 years ago
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akreal|2 years ago
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-starlink-insight-i...