Space industry lacks workers needed to rebuild satellites lost in war: report

neaden

I mean, if we have a war with Russia that involves destroying satellites, it seems like there is a pretty big chance that means it's going nuclear and we'll have bigger fish to fry.

paleotrope

All the stated problems are just problems in peacetime; Pay and bureaucratic red tape.

honkycat

This is true for everything. They gutted the whole country. There is nothing left. Sold for parts. Collapse soon. That is why they are gearing up for total fascism, they know people are going to be pissed when the quality of life dies off for all of the US and there are no jobs. Already at 25% functional unemployment

noahbp

To paraphrase patio11, a disagreement between you and the market is not a shortage. I'm surprised that anyone still believes the perennial "labor shortage" complaints. It has always been about employers refusing to improve wages and working conditions.

jordanb

I think there would be a Kessler Syndrome within a few weeks of an anti-satellite campaign at which point trying to launch replacements wouldn't make any sense.

eagerpace

You could say the same thing about any military hardware during a peace-time economy. It’s not a matter if it exists, it’s a matter if the relevant knowledge exists in domestic/friendly industrial base. The U.S. is making more satellites than the rest of the world combined right now.

NooneAtAll3

what kind of war are the authors expecting, where war against Russia/China destroys sattelites, but still leaves millions of graduates alive? population would be the first thing dropping off in the nuclear exchange

BoingBoomTschak

Hope for the US it won't reach the FOGBANK level of disaster.

Georgelemental

We "lack workers to rebuild" many things that could be lost in a war with peer thermonuclear-armed powers. The only winning move is not to play

chmod775

Somehow I doubt that after a war with China, satellites would be high on the priority list of things that need rebuilding. You'd probably start with rebuilding more basic manufacturing and refinery industry destroyed during the war.