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Musks next mission: Blanketing the world with cheap internet access, via 700 low-orbit satellites
2014-11-11 17:14:55| Extremetech
Elon Musk, capitalizing on SpaceX's unique ability to cheaply launch stuff into space, has announced that he's working on deploying a constellation of some 700 satellites, for the purpose of bringing "very low cost" internet access to everyone on Earth. Satellite internet access could be very useful in rural parts of North America and Europe, but it's the under-connected parts of the world (Asia, Africa, South America) that will be of more interest to Musk, both financially and ideologically.
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