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Elon Musk and some investors don't represent humanity. Hell I doubt even SpaceX values Starlink all that much, most employees I know say that it exists mostly a
by knolax 6y ago
Elon Musk and some investors don't represent humanity. Hell I doubt even SpaceX values Starlink all that much, most employees I know say that it exists mostly as a filler payload during launches.
- badwolf 6y agoThe fact that they are doing tens of dedicated launches solely for Starlink says otherwise. Starlink is looking to be a multi-billion dollar business by itself.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoWhose whole point was a sustainable funding source for SpaceX R&D. In this sense, it's fair for SpaceX employees to consider it "filler payload", given that they have their sights set on Mars. And everyone else, astronomers included, will benefit from drastically cheaper access to space.