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‘No single person or government should have this scale of power .. over a level of the atmosphere,’ says Calgary space lawyer Gregory Radisic
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When China announced plans to launch 200,000 satellites into space, late last year, Elon Musk responded in kind, upping the ante, with one million more satellites.
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Musk is merging SpaceX and xAi, his artificial intelligence startup, to create a US$1.25-trillion company. Solar-powered data centres orbiting Earth is his bold idea; preferable, he claims, to building out AI infrastructure on the ground.
This reads like a speculative sci-fi novel. Yet Calgary-based space lawyer Gregory Radisic assures me it’s grounded in reality.
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Gregory is legal counsel to the Alberta Securities Commission’s innovation team. Presently, he’s decamped to the Gold Coast in Australia, thanks to a fully funded scholarship........