Glenn Beck recently drew attention to two developments in the space industry that he believes deserve far more public scrutiny than they are receiving.
He first addressed reports that NASA’s Artemis launch may be pushed back due to cold temperatures in Florida. Beck immediately referenced the Challenger disaster.
“The Challenger blew up because it was sitting on the pad and the temperatures in Florida went below freezing,” he said, noting that Artemis uses similar solid booster rockets. While acknowledging improvements since that tragedy, he stressed caution. “We can’t afford to lose the Artemis.”
What followed, however, was the announcement that truly captured his imagination.
Beck discussed the merger of SpaceX and xAI, describing the combined entity as the most valuable company in the world. The scale of the move struck him as historically significant. “I thought to myself, wow. That’s kind of like somebody saying, ‘Yeah, I know we’re expanding, and I know it’s 1820, but everything west of the Missouri River is mine.’”
The comparison was not casual. SpaceX has filed plans that could enable the launch of as many as one million satellites into orbit over time.
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Humanity currently operates roughly 14,000 active satellites. Even a fraction of the proposed number would alter the balance of activity in low Earth orbit. “This is not an expansion of what exists today,” Beck said. “This is a complete redesign of space around Earth.”
He urged listeners to shift their framework from gadgets to history.
In the 19th century, power was determined by who controlled rivers and later railroads. Towns thrived or withered depending on where infrastructure was placed. “Control doesn’t require ownership,” Beck said. “It requires scale.”
Low Earth orbit is limited. There are only so many usable altitudes and carefully coordinated corridors that can tolerate traffic without catastrophic collisions. At small numbers, satellites share space. At massive numbers, they define it. “You’re no longer participating in space. You’re designing and structuring it,” he said.
Beck also highlighted the strategic implications. “For the first time in history, a private company is positioned to shape the planetary infrastructure faster than governments, cheaper than any nation.” The pace of replacement and expansion, he noted, could be measured in months rather than decades. “This is going to change our skies forever,” he said. “I’m not sure I like it. I just want to point out it’s massive.”
The proposal would not only affect global communications and artificial intelligence infrastructure. It would also alter the visible heavens. A significant increase in satellites would make them far more noticeable to anyone who steps outside at night.
For many people this transformation is unfolding quietly. The architecture of near space is being drafted in real time, largely outside public debate.
The Bible repeatedly points to signs in the heavens. From Blood Moons to Wormwood in Revelation, prophecy places profound events in the sky itself. As humanity now fills that same expanse with unprecedented scale and speed, a serious question emerges.
Are we witnessing nothing more than technological ambition, or could these changes in the heavens form part of a much larger story moving steadily toward fulfillment?
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine. For interviews and media inquiries, please contact [email protected].
