They don’t do it well. 100 people will be killed TODAY on roads in the US. (And everyday)

> I am sure it's doable if all the space providers work together and there aren't any showstoppers.

Are you living in a different world that me?

NO company or Government on Earth outside SpaceX has the capability to launch more than about 15 orbital rockets per year. Most are in the 5-10 per year range.

Who the heck is going to launch all these sats?

As per another comment, $11 billion was never repaid - pure bailout.

> It is absolutely crazy that us Americans accept this broken system.

Want to talk about broken systems?

The US government bailed out GM for $51 billion dollars. That's billions that could have been spent on schools, or healthcare or much needed infrastructure. This month, GM spent billions on stock buybacks and millions on bonuses for execs while firing a ton of regular workers.

I find it staggering Americans are not rioting in the streets. So many systems are utterly and completely broken.

I agree with your overall statement, but

> If you can find an LLM+TTS generated podcast with even a FRACTION of the infectious energy as something like Good Job Brain, Radio Lab, or Ask Me Another, then I'll eat my hat.

Come on, we can all see how much faster these things are getting better. In a few years it will be impossible to distinguish them from a real person.

Another few after that video will be the same.

I'm not saying it's a good thing, but clearly it's a thing that will happen.