People also speculated that this was the reason Alphabet invested in SpaceX. (Which was around the same time as that announcement) http://www.nytimes.com/2015/

People also speculated that this was the reason Alphabet invested in SpaceX. (Which was around the same time as that announcement) http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/21/technology/google-makes-1-billion-investment-in-spacex.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/21/technology/google-makes-1-...