ISS
Ieri Trump ha parlato di nuovo dei due astronauti abbandonati sulla ISS.
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Starlink
Grazie alla riscrittura di un bando per la fornitura di connettività che nella versione originale privilegiava la fibra ottica, Starlink potrebbe ricevere dai 10 ai 20 miliardi di sussidi governativi.
The Trump administration is eliminating a preference for fiber Internet in a $42.45 billion broadband deployment program, a change that is expected to reduce spending on the most advanced wired networks while directing more money to Elon Musk’s Starlink and other non-fiber Internet service providers. One report suggests Starlink could obtain $10 billion to $20 billion under the new rules.
NASA
Un editoriale di Tech Policy su un punto secondo me importante della questione tagli: l’idea che licenziando il personale il know how di un’agenzia possa trasferirsi al settore privato.
The know-how necessary to achieve such complex feats as lunar or Martian landings is not something that single people hold in their heads. One cannot even learn it or reconstruct it from documents, reports, or papers. Knowledge of this kind of complexity is a group phenomenon. Expert teams of people who work together over a long period of time develop the skills, know-how, and the “secret sauce” necessary to get the work done. These teams pass that intangible know-how along to the next generation of engineers: vital, hard-won information transmitted through training, culture, and mentorship to ensure that the wheel does not need reinventing down the line.
This is why we create and sustain organizations, companies, or national agencies. It’s not just about fostering innovation, but about the need to support, safeguard, and sustain precious team know-how. Of course, institutions that were once innovative can get stuck in a rut, and people may reinvent the wheel elsewhere. But once the band breaks up, its secret sauce is lost.