A major (the major?) motivation behind Starlink is to try to earn SpaceX vast amounts of money that Musk can invest in settling Mars. See, e.g., this link for

A major (the major?) motivation behind Starlink is to try to earn SpaceX vast amounts of money that Musk can invest in settling Mars. See, e.g., this link for comments by Musk: https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-internet-satellites-mars-colonization.html https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-internet-satellites-ma...