Space, Inc.

StrategyPage has an essay that discusses NASA vs SpaceX.

SpaceX offers lower prices, even without the self-landing booster, and more flexibility than most government (usually military) developed launchers. As a privately owned company, SpaceX has less bureaucracy and is quicker to adapt new technology for launch services. Many existing and potential SpaceX customers see this as the future of space transportation.

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here is a book about ElonMusk.



of course, Elon Musk is not the only one in the race for space: Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are in the race too:




this is one of the biggest stories of the decade that few except we geeks have heard about.

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update: Space X plans to send up 60 more satellites for Starlink.

what is Starlink?

SpaceX is developing a low latency, broadband internet system to meet the needs of consumers across the globe. Enabled by a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites, Starlink will provide fast, reliable internet to populations with little or no connectivity, including those in rural communities and places where existing services are too expensive or unreliable.

We had satellite for our tv and for our internet 20 plus years ago when I worked on remote rural Indian reservations in the USA, and of course, the US military have long used internet and phone via satellite. But apparently this is an expansion for the rest of the world to have such access.