[amsat-bb] Get ready for more space junk

[Zach Metzinger]

Everyone is rushing to put The Cloud into LEO, it seems.

This morning's WSJ: "Microsoft Teams With Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Push 
Cloud Battle With Amazon Into Orbit"

https://tinyurl.com/y4q6uy5w

> Microsoft would help connect and deploy new services using swarms of
> low-orbit spacecraft being proposed by SpaceX, and more traditional
> fleets of satellites circling the earth at higher altitudes.
> Microsoft’s initiative targeting commercial and government space
> businesses, formally launched Tuesday, comes about three months after
> Amazon Web Services, the e-retailer’s cloud unit, disclosed its
> space-focused effort.

Shorter story here, too:

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/microsoft-teams-with-elon-musks-spacex-to-push-cloud-battle-with-amazon-into-orbit

--- Zach
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