What they need to grasp—and quickly—is that Musk, and by extension Trump, appear to be trying to turn these technical systems into levers of control. If the two succeed, which is uncertain, they will have an unparallelled political advantage over the months and years to come. Even if they fail, their mistakes may have catastrophic consequences.

chair for the Australian Centre for Space Governance and specialist in international space law, space security and global space governance Cassandra Steer said no one foresaw the potential risks that could come from the use of LEO satellites by Starlink.

“They had this LEO telecommunications working group for a couple of years. I would suggest they... See more