326: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke out strongly in support of Feng Lei
It was publicly announced that once the Wind Thunder Starlink satellites completed their deployment, they would be able to provide global 5G coverage.
Coupled with various previously revealed information, many enthusiastic netizens believed that while SpaceX Starlink currently has a large number of satellites and customers, if Wind Thunder continues to launch satellites into space, the outcome is truly unpredictable, and it might even surpass Starlink within a few years.
And now, with the two companies clashing so quickly, how could the netizens not be excited?
One by one, they commented on Wind Thunder's official website.
"What's going on? SpaceX's satellites are actually off-orbit and about to collide with Wind Thunder's satellites??"
"Is this a satellite out of control, or is it human manipulation?"
"Wind Thunder's unilateral warning indicates that the situation is imminent and a collision seems to be approaching."
"Good heavens, Elon Musk will at least have to give an explanation this time. Although satellite collisions are not as dangerous as a space station being hit, the resulting losses are still significant."
Numerous netizens observed.
According to current international law, if a country's satellite or space station is at risk of collision, it can immediately report and complain to the United Nations.
Because once a collision occurs, it is highly likely to cause huge losses, and no country will stand idly by and watch such a thing happen.
Although collisions between satellites are not as severe, they are still worth taking seriously.
Space accidents are not as easy to handle as traffic accidents now.
If two satellites collide and do not manage to avoid each other, the ultimate outcome will certainly be the destruction of both.
At that time, a large amount of satellite debris would be left, which could very likely lose control and fall to Earth, and it would be bad if it hit people.
More seriously, if these satellite debris continue to float in space, then other satellites or space stations will be at risk of collision.
"Oh my God... I've said it before, humanity launching too many satellites into space will eventually cause all sorts of trouble."
"When we look up at the sky, it should be full of stars, not all kinds of man-made garbage."
"It's simply unimaginable how terrible it would be to have Starlink satellites covering the sky."
"What if one day they accidentally fall down and hit someone? Even hitting plants would be bad!"
"I suggest the United Nations enact laws to limit the number of such commercial satellites; at least they shouldn't be launched into space so casually."
Many foreign environmentalists jumped out to protest against products like Starlink satellites.
Domestic netizens were speechless upon seeing these comments.
"Hey man, it's SpaceX's satellite that's out of control and about to collide with Wind Thunder's satellite. You need to clarify who caused the accident, okay?!"
"A bunch of hypocrites, put away your disgusting faces. When Elon Musk launched thousands of satellites before, we didn't see you jumping out to protest."
"Haha, isn't this the typical behavior of people in developed countries? After enjoying the benefits of the industrial age and improving their lives, they start clamoring about environmental protection."
"When SpaceX launched thousands of satellites, you said it was a big step for human civilization. Now that Wind Thunder has only launched over a hundred satellites, you say it has messed up the space environment, right??"
"Damn it, mind your own business and stop acting like a savior."
"I suggest that developed countries, before proposing space environmental concepts, first blast down their own satellites, after all, our satellite count is not that high."
A group of domestic netizens also refused to tolerate it and spoke out in sarcasm.
After the development of the internet, the lies of those public intellectuals have been exposed.
The domestic public has long known the true faces of these foreign "environmentalists."
They never mention the industrial pollution they themselves caused, only knowing how to shamelessly criticize others.
This is simply pure double standards.
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At the same time.
Half an hour after Wind Thunder's statement was released.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also followed up with a strong statement.
Regarding this matter, China strongly supported Wind Thunder, stating that if SpaceX's satellites collided with or affected Wind Thunder's satellites and caused losses, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would appeal to the United Nations to seek an explanation.
SpaceX Headquarters.
"Boss, they've made a statement. Regarding our satellite's abnormal trajectory and collision risk, they demand that we provide an explanation as soon as possible."
The secretary quickly reported.
Elon Musk was still intently watching the flight trajectory of Wind Thunder's satellites on the large screen.
Now, after a series of operations, their satellite was less than 500 meters from Wind Thunder's closest satellite.
Now that Elon Musk had the support of the military, he was quite assertive.
He immediately sneered, "Explanation? What explanation??"
"It's not like it actually collided. Immediately issue a statement saying that we are testing Starlink's automatic avoidance system."
"During this period, there may be close-range interactions with other nearby orbiting satellites, but there will absolutely be no risk of collision."
Because this was not the first time SpaceX had done such a thing.
As a result, Elon Musk had already thought of the reason.
Why did their satellites go off-orbit?
The reason is simple... They were just testing the various performances of the satellites, changing the orbit is very reasonable, right??
Even if they accidentally collided and had a close encounter, it was an accident.
This is very reasonable, right?
After all, there are no traffic lights, no crosswalks, and no traffic police in space.
What can you do to me??
As soon as SpaceX's statement was released, China quickly learned the news.
When countless domestic netizens saw this statement, they were directly angered to the point of laughter.
They had seen shameless people, but never anyone this shameless.
Testing satellite functions, but deliberately heading towards another company's satellites??
Even a fool would know that SpaceX was trying to take the opportunity to get close and steal Wind Thunder's satellite technology.
The United States had done this kind of operation many times before.
It's just that SpaceX did it so blatantly, completely losing face.
"Shameless!!"
"I have never seen such a brazen person."
"We are all human, why can their skin be so thick??"
"Damn it, bring me my Italian cannon, blast them!"
On the internet, many domestic netizens were fuming with anger.
"Alright, alright, so this is how you want to play?!"
"Is this because they see Wind Thunder's satellites are too powerful, and they're jealous, so they're trying to get close to steal privacy??"
"Next time, we'll do the same, and crash a satellite that's about to be scrapped into them."
"Elon Musk likes open source, so why is he coveting other people's technology this time??"
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also showed no tolerance for Elon Musk's behavior.
It continued to make a strong statement.
"We reiterate our warning and hope that the United States respects the privacy of other countries' commercial satellites and restrains the illegal actions of its domestic enterprises."
"Satellite orbital change testing functions are permissible, but they must never be done by approaching or even interfering with other countries' commercial satellites."
"If a space accident truly occurs and causes adverse effects, China will consider it an act of provocation. Be warned!!"
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