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Musk has also said SpaceX will likely spin out and IPO Starlink. I think he also said he intends to use his wealth from Tesla, and therefore likely Starlink too
by rlt 5y ago
Musk has also said SpaceX will likely spin out and IPO Starlink. I think he also said he intends to use his wealth from Tesla, and therefore likely Starlink too, to fund his Mars ambitions.
There’s also quite a lot of opportunity of Starship is successfully “fully and rapidly reusable”. Point to point transport of cargo and potentially even humans, etc.
- manquer 5y agoYes starship will open up a lot of opportunities, however the market is not large enough unless spaceX creates it themselves. Falcon 9 already launches more than 50% of all Payload sent to orbit today. They will have the launch airline or cargo service company too not just build starship and get regulatory approvals, promote, sell tickets/capacity and provide customer service etc. All risky steps in a possible side use case for the starship program. Realistically none of this happening before mars missions start likely 2030s.