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This is really annoying for me ๐ . I am not one who would believe words of the Elon and I would say that intuitively it didn't make financial sense but I've looked into it and to my surprise the numbers are actually getting kinda close:
Now this is ignoring the cost of the satellites, the maintenance of 150 ground stations, development of the HW /SW, advertising and god knows what else - but still at least in the "ballpark numbers".
To my unpleasant surprise - the Elon might not be joking on this one ๐ง - the Starlink might be one day paying for the development of the Starship - if it isn't already ๐ฒ Also - this is bloody cool ๐คฌ