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Revealed: Elon Musk's Plan to Build a Space Internet

Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:32 pm
by MachineGhost
The crazy thing is it'll be FASTER than ground-based switches!

[quote=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/ ... e-internet]Because he doesn't have enough going on, Elon Musk—he of Tesla Motors, SpaceX, SolarCity, and the Hyperloop—is launching another project. Musk wants to build a second Internet in space and one day use it to connect people on Mars to the Web.[/quote]

Re: Revealed: Elon Musk's Plan to Build a Space Internet

Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:40 pm
by Libertarian666
MachineGhost wrote: The crazy thing is it'll be FASTER than ground-based switches!
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-17/elon-musk-and-spacex-plan-a-space-internet wrote:Because he doesn't have enough going on, Elon Musk—he of Tesla Motors, SpaceX, SolarCity, and the Hyperloop—is launching another project. Musk wants to build a second Internet in space and one day use it to connect people on Mars to the Web.
I'm on board (so to speak). That would finally give me a good alternative to ridiculously overpriced and unreliable wireless service out here in the sticks!

Re: Revealed: Elon Musk's Plan to Build a Space Internet

Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:59 pm
by Kriegsspiel
That guy really is awesome, isn't he? I'd totally have his babies.

Re: Revealed: Elon Musk's Plan to Build a Space Internet

Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:10 pm
by Libertarian666
Kriegsspiel wrote: That guy really is awesome, isn't he? I'd totally have his babies.
I suspect you would have to take a number.

Re: Revealed: Elon Musk's Plan to Build a Space Internet

Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:36 pm
by dualstow
Kriegsspiel wrote: That guy really is awesome, isn't he? I'd totally have his babies.
Coolest Pennsylvania Dutch South African guy ever.

Re: Revealed: Elon Musk's Plan to Build a Space Internet

Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:40 pm
by Tyler
I can only imagine an alien civilization silently whizzing by our little corner of the galaxy and suddenly being bombarded with cat videos and Kardashian selfies. 

Re: Revealed: Elon Musk's Plan to Build a Space Internet

Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:42 pm
by Jan Van
Libertarian666 wrote:... That would finally give me a good alternative to ridiculously overpriced and unreliable wireless service out here in the sticks!
Visiting a friend here in NL I tested his $60 internet (+phone+tv) for speed on my Nexus phone, and got 48.34 Mbps down, 5.74 Mbps up (speedtest app). Through my TunnelBear VPN...

Re: Revealed: Elon Musk's Plan to Build a Space Internet

Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:36 pm
by Reub
Now if he could only sell more than a hundred cars in a year in China! ;)

Re: Revealed: Elon Musk's Plan to Build a Space Internet

Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 5:58 pm
by MachineGhost
The great thing about Musk is he's every young geek's wet dream about what they would love to do to change the world when they got rich.  No need to dream anymore.