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the business model today is to sell satellite internet
in rural areas, satellite internet is cheaper than cable internet if the distance to the nearest town is large enough.
I understand the business pretty well, my issue is where the money is coming from to pay for it the huge costs. It may be there are enough users to sustain it and at what point will it saturate and stagnate?
the market will saturate for sure but they charge each month so they keep making revenue nevertheless
yeah, and they've made billions off of it.
at this rate, it'll only take a century or two to scratch the dent on the enormous costs!
have you actually looked at the numbers of cost and revenue, or are you just talking out of your ass?
reuters: SpaceX generated about $8 billion in profit on $15 billion to $16 billion of revenue last year
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/spacex-generated-about-8-billion-profit-last-year-ahead-ipo-sources-say-2026-01-30/
SpaceX's annual capital expenditures quintupled in two years, hitting $20.7 billion in 2025, fueled by simultaneous Starship launch infrastructure and AI data center buildouts.
https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/eye-watering-sum-spacex-spent-124427519.html
but that debt # includes stopgap loans before the IPO
https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2026-04-23/exclusive-spacex-refinanced-debt-with-stopgap-20-billion-loan-before-ipo-filing
costs will only go up from here, so by all means, give musko some of your money. what could go wrong?