>>12047529Once satellite to satellite communication is enabled, they won't need ground stations everywhere so if they wanted to provide service to places like China they could but it would be a very bad idea to make enemies of such a powerful nation-state.
>>12047544NASA is incompetent. That's why space based telescopes cost so much more. Once NASA is turned into little more than a regulatory agency similar to the FAA, astronomers can get a much better telescope than James Webb for a small fraction of the price.
