SpaceX's Starlink Could Bankroll Elon Musk's Mars Ambitions

How Elon Musk Plans to Pay for SpaceX to Reach Mars
The 12,000 satellite Starlink constellation could fund rocket development by selling faster, worldwide internet service
Sarvesh Mathi
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Jan 4, 2021
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Photo: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesFounded in 2002 by Elon Musk, SpaceX is the first private company to launch a reused rocket, to complete a resupply mission to the International Space Station, and, in 2020, to…
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