They are likely promised long careers, huge fortunes and anything they want in order to ensnare them. I would guess few actually realize what they are getting themselves into until it's too late.
Senator Barrasso: "It's like Groundhog Day. Everything they said today we heard before."
Could this satellite have been doing something for the global crime syndicate, and was disabled?
"A large broadcast satellite — owned by AT&T’s DirecTV, built by Boeing and operated by Intelsat — suffered major damage to its batteries in December and is now at risk of exploding.
DirecTV disclosed the issue in a special request to the Federal Communications Commission this week, asking for permission to remove its Spaceway-1 satellite from orbit.
“Spaceway-1 suffered a major anomaly that resulted in significant and irreversible thermal damage to its batteries,” DirecTV said in the filing. “There is a significant risk that these battery cells could burst.”
cnbc.com/2020/01/23/boeing-built-directv-satellite-may-explode-after-damage-to-batteries.html