Billionaire space race: can Bezos’s Project Kuiper catch up to Musk’s Starlink?
by Adam Gabbatt from Technology | The Guardian on (#6FJZS)
As the world's wealthiest men chest-thump in low-Earth orbit, others wonder how their mess will eventually be cleaned up
You're a mega-billionaire. You already own one of the world's most influential social media platforms, and dominate more than half of the US electric car market. You are regularly named as one of the world's most influential people. You've had your hairline sorted, you've already had 11 children, so what do you do next?
For Elon Musk, the answer is: attempt to dominate space.
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