As if Elon Musk could have his finger’s breadth in any more Proto-Indo European . The billionaire PayPal pioneer is the CEO of Tesla Motors , laminitis and CEO of SpaceX and chairperson of SolarCity . When he ’s not stress to boost the electrical car industry , he ’s picture out how to recycle rocket to rationalize space exploration costs , or making steps towards bring his conceptual super - degenerate train , Hyperloop , nearer to reality .
Now , the enterprising enterpriser hasannouncedperhaps his most challenging intentions yet : establish a human settlement on Mars . And of course , when we finally get there , we ’re going to require to direct flock of Red Planet selfies , which is why he first wants to build a second net in space that could one mean solar day reach Mars .
According toBloomberg News , the idea is to place up an engineering science office in Seattle solely dedicated to developing and launching satellite . Not only will this commercial-grade satellite venture provide him with the Johnny Cash to make colonizing Mars possible , since satellite launches are braggart clientele , but it will also help him towards his second goal of improving the Internet on our own planet .
As reported byBloomberg Businessweek , Musk intends to establish an immense web of orbiting communication satellites that would not only quicken up Internet connection across Earth , but would also provide people in remote domain with fast , brassy Internet . Hopefully , this will mean better access to the Web for the 3 billion people across the reality who have hapless or no internet .
Unlike traditional communications satellites , which hover up to 22,000 miles ( 35,400 kilometre ) above Earth , Musk ’s internet would orbit at altitudes of roughly 750 miles ( 1,200 kilometre ) so that the signals have less distance to travel . In hypothesis , the connection supply would be as fast as fiber optic transmission line services , but it would also reach people in inadequate rural sphere . Because information would n’t have to pass through large numbers of routers and land - base web , but rather would bounce across satellites , connecting with people across the other side of the world would be quick .
“ The speed of light is 40 pct quicker in the vacancy of space than it is for fiber,”says Musk . “ The foresightful - terminus electric potential is to be the primary agency of long - distance net dealings and to serve people in sparsely populated domain . ” If this ambitious goal can be realized , Musk will then look at extending this system of rules all the path to Mars , quick for when humans start colonize the planet in the future .
Of of course , this labor is not run to be gaudy and come with a predicted$10 billionpricetag , and it will be at least five years before we start using distance Internet . But if SpaceX can make it happen , then the profits will help the fellowship towards its ultimate dream of colonizing Mars , the plans for which are due to berevealed later on this year .
[ viaBloomberg Businessweek , BloombergandPopSci ]
