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Musk has been excessively clear the goal of Starlink is to allow SpaceX to self-fund a manned mars mission. You're welcome to downvote all you want, but this do
by SEJeff 7y ago
Musk has been excessively clear the goal of Starlink is to allow SpaceX to self-fund a manned mars mission. You're welcome to downvote all you want, but this does not negate the fact Musk has directly said this (in several interviews). Many people tend to agree with him on this possibility:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/15/musk-on-starlink-internet-satellites-spacex-has-sufficient-capital.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/15/musk-on-starlink-internet-sa...
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-internet-satellites-mars-colonization.html https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-internet-satellites-ma...
- Tomte 7y agoSo the ends justify the means? Great, why doesn't Musk trade in Ivory? There's a tidy profit to be had. Maybe he can donate a couple dollars to PETA, and everything's fine.
- ceejayoz 7y agohttps://www.fws.gov/international/travel-and-trade/ivory-ban-questions-and-answers.html https://www.fws.gov/international/travel-and-trade/ivory-ban... > On July 6, 2016, a near-total ban on commercial trade in African elephant ivory went into effect in the United States. Hard to make a profit when you're shut down by the government.
- SEJeff 7y agoHe’s just trying to build up a strawman to attack. Typical HN troll.
- dang 7y agoPlease don't perpetuate flamewars on HN, and please especially don't do personal attacks. We ban accounts that do that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html