/sci/ - Science & Math

>>15692779
Personally it wouldn't surprise me that a relatively young company that likes to move fast doesn't have their processes as well oiled as the more established or slower players. Also they apparently originally requested the documents be shared voluntarily, but since SpaceX refused, they had to subpoena them. And whether or not they had reasonable enough suspicion, they clearly did the right thing since they turned up quite a lot of information of seemingly unlawful practice, it's not just that one case.
>Spacex had a very small radar cross section
>It's almost like spacex is a big fish for some reason
SpaceX is a big fish, though. They're the leading launch provider and have been for years now, they frequently launch defence and intelligence payloads and provide crew and cargo access to the ISS. They are very much a big player, even a leading one in their field, so it's not really surprising that they face increased scrutiny.
Also not sure what you mean by the ITAR part, ITAR is crucial to the suit because that's the reason SpaceX thought they could deny the applications when in fact they couldn't. For most other companies this would be cut and dried because they have no exceptions that allow them to deny some applicants.
As for whether they bring a sufficient amount of suits against other businesses, I have no idea. But if they're running their hiring better than SpaceX they may be less likely to come under scrutiny.

>>15692782
>>15692786
This was started before Biden took office, it has fuck all to do with what Trump said yesterday or Biden said a year ago.

SpaceX answering the FCC's questions about their proposed internet satellite constellation:

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=41634.0;attach=1423804;sess=52732

It's notable that the satellites are only projected to survive for about 5-7 years and the first expected de-orbit of one of their satellites will be in 2025. So that means that they could have one or more of them in LEO by next year (although 2020 seems more likely).