elon musk�*s starlink satellites, he's put up 1,600 of them. he's got authorisation from the us to put up 12,000. this does feel like a problem that is about to get potentially exponentially worse. the starlink satellites are in a higher orbit than the space stations, neither the international space station or the chinese space station station, so they really shouldn't be much of an issue, it will probably only be an issue when they are getting up to theirfinal orbit or when they are de—orbiting themselves, and i want to add to that starlink satellites have actually been made intelligent, if you will, in that when they are nearing their end of life they will plan a de—orbit and actually de—orbit themselves to come down and burn up in the atmosphere, trying to be more responsible and notjust leaving dead satellites, if you will, orbiting up there. legendary american football coach and commentator john madden has died at the age of 85. the super—bowl winning coach became one of america's best—known tv sports announcers and lent his name

elon musk�*s starlink satellites, he's put up 1,600 of them. he's got authorisation from the us to put up 12,000. this does feel like a problem that is about to get potentially exponentially worse. the starlink satellites are in a higher orbit than the space stations, neither the international space station or the chinese space station station, so they really shouldn't be much of an issue, it will probably only be an issue when they are getting up to theirfinal orbit or when they are de—orbiting themselves, and i want to add to that starlink satellites have actually been made intelligent, if you will, in that when they are nearing their end of life they will plan a de—orbit and actually de—orbit themselves to come down and burn up in the atmosphere, trying to be more responsible and notjust leaving dead satellites, if you will, orbiting up there. it's probably fair to say that it's not as if there are innocent parties and guilty parties. every country seems to have one or two issues in this sort of sphere at the moment. i'm not trying to

>> starlink is an internet service developed by spacex with a constellation of around 2,000 low-orbit satellites. during a briefing on tuesday, china's foreign ministry spokesperson urged the u.s. to act responsibly in space. >> translator: the united states repeatedly claims to have its own so-called concept of responsible conduct in outer space, but it ignores its international treaty obligations concerning outer space, posing a serious threat to the safety of astronauts. this is a typical double standard. >> reporter: but spacex is a private company, and the tensions point to the larger issue of how to manage traffic in space as more countries and companies now have space capabilities, where near misses between objects happen often. an astronomer at the harvard smithsonian center for astrophysics says the international space station has had to avoid debris created by china's 2007 military anti-satellite test several times in recent years. but now it's the richest person in the world who is catching heat. >> it's going to be a very exciting future. >> reporter: musk spent years winn

probably won't get to the moon by 2025 there starlink product. project is still, you know, they get 12,000 satellites up there to send us tell communication broadband down to earth. so it's just it's really tough to analyze. and i would say caution the listeners and viewers out there you know, want to invest in space company says its space x doesn't make it. it tells you that it's a really risky business. well, and if you invested in tesla, does that count to because it's all connected. tesla. i remember but chive 6 years ago they said they were weeks away from going bankrupt. all right. and now look at stock worth a trillion dollars today. so things do change. okay. thank you, rob. >> if you'd like e-mail. rob in just a little portions. you can an e-mail and then he'll get after you continue hill is kind of like layaway, lancer or you can reach me on or you can reach me on (gentle music) ♪ i'll be home for christmas ♪ you can plan on me ♪ please have snow and mistletoe ♪ ♪ and presents on the tree - right now, all over the country, kid

healthy for our industry we're very happy with where we're at many of the launches you refer to are the starlink launches they're their own launches in terms of what's actually competitive and open, we're basically splitting the market between us and as volcon comes online, it will be so much more competitive being a less expensive rocket and one optimized for multiple payloads and our sweet spot in the marketplace, which is the most difficult, high-energy orbits to reach. >> final question because they are wrapping me. youvrl you've been around for a while, it's privately held but you've seen a lot of booms and busts in the space sector, as we see all these companies go public, what do investors need to keep in mind? >> i think they want to pay attention to what capability will be added. a lot of the prior investment has been towards trying to invent a new way to do the same thing, maybe more affordable and accessible what our country needs now are new capabilities to contend with the threats and open a new commercial market. invest in that, not fighting over the stuff we already have >> going