The list of positive things that happened in 2020 is a short one, but one of them was surely SpaceX’s successful launch of two Nasa astronauts into orbit, the first time a private company had done so. The achievement “should get people right in the heart,” Elon Musk, the SpaceX founder, said at the time.
However, the spirit of exploration is not the only thing attracting Musk to space — there is also the commercial opportunity. In addition to selling shuttle services to take astronauts to the International Space Station with reusable rockets, SpaceX is offering broadband internet from its Starlink satellite network. This week, the company will put another 60 satellites into orbit to expand the network.
Musk is not the only billionaire to
