Google investeert in SpaceX

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SpaceX confirms $1 billion funding round with Google | The Verge

Google and Fidelity are investing a collective $1 billion in SpaceX, Elon Musk's space transportation company. Combined, Google and Fidelity now own "just under 10 percent" of SpaceX, which has already taken on four other major investors. The round values SpaceX at over $10 billion.

"People should not expect this to be active sooner than five years," Musk tells Bloomberg. He expects the project to cost around $10 billion, so while Google and Fidelity's funding will help, it may just be enough to get the first satellites off the ground.

Straks in de Model III wordt dit vast een standaardoptie!

 

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SpaceX confirms $1 billion funding round with Google | The Verge

Straks in de Model III wordt dit vast een standaardoptie!

En hij wil Internet connectivity doortrekken naar Mars.
De inkomsten van het satelliet project moeten dienen om zijn plannen te financieren om een kolonie op Mars op te richten.