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A lot of chatter around about a Starlink IPO (Initial Public Offering) - which could fund settlement of Mars:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUoIMNSpJ1c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtUDmTdbmLA&t=2s
I've always thought that was the plan in the sense of Starlink being the milk cow for Mars. Seems from Gwynne Shotwell's comments that Space X are thinking of spinning off Starlink - I presume that means Space X would in effect receive the money upfront which makes sense as they need capital to begin the settlement of Mars. Probably (starting from 2020) $10 - 20 billion will get Space X to Mars. Of course they can probably offset a lot of that with commercial sponsorship...they might only need something between $5 and $15 billion. Musk has personally deep pockets as well of course. He can sell Tesla shares for instance. Looks like his Solar business is going to flourish as well.
All looking good!
Let's Go to Mars...Google on: Fast Track to Mars blogspot.com
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