New details of the previously reported incident underscore how dependent the U.S. government has become on a company that once had to fight in court to become part of the Washington establishment.
The new details of the previously reported incident underscore how dependent the U.S. government has become on a company that once had to fight in court to become part of the Washington establishment.that cited an excerpt of a forthcoming biography of Musk by Walter Isaacson, a former CNN CEO and Time magazine editor. Instead, according the book, which goes on sale Tuesday, the drones “lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly.
“One of the advantages is the huge amount of innovation coming out of the private sector, which the government wants to leverage to stay ahead of China and others,” said Brian Weeden, the director of program planning at the Secure World Foundation, a think tank. “The flip side is it gives a lot more power to the private sector and particularly to billionaire individuals who control those companies and technologies.
“That is the balance that the Defense Department has to grapple with as it focuses on this commercial technology: is it losing control in some way?” Wheeden said. But the government is not helpless and has ways to rein companies in, “You can address a lot of those concerns through contracting mechanism or other legal agreements,” he said.When SpaceX first launched its Starlink constellation, Musk said the chances of success were not guaranteed.
“SpaceX has been truly innovative in several key areas, launch large constellation broadband internet — two things people have long dreamed of but have been tried and failed before,” Weeden said. “SpaceX has managed to make them a reality. In many other industries soon after there are breakthroughs, that encourages more competition. And the innovative technology proliferates across multiple companies.
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