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Musk mentioned on Twitter that it should be doable. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1323691195239960579 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/132369119523996
by the_duke 6y ago
Musk mentioned on Twitter that it should be doable.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1323691195239960579 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1323691195239960579
I reckon the current restrictions will ease up when more sats are deployed, especially with more laser interconnects.
- wj 6y agoWhen this was announced I actually assumed this was a ploy to get fast Internet into Teslas.
- carlivar 6y agoIt's a way to for Musk to benefit from government subsidies (as described in the article), like all Musk ventures.
- rkangel 6y agoI think it was dreamed up as a way to monetise the increasing capacity of SapceX launches. They might run out of customers and so they need ways to make money out of launching. A constellation of 10k+ satellites is a good way to need lots of launches!
- LinuxBender 6y agoIt is for the US Army. They are the initial customer anyway. Civilians are the best beta testers. The internet was originally created to have a network in place for the military and I see this as the natural evolution beyond hard wired systems or intermittent wireless towers.