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Re:Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Raising Money at a Valuation Approa... by cryptoz on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @11:20AM (#8197764)
Much of the future of communications is in space. For example, a lot of the recent and upcoming SpaceX rocket launches are communications satellites.
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Re:Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Raising Money at a Valuation Approa... by grondilu on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @11:33AM (#8197862)
> Much of the future of communications is in space.

Not obvious. This month Google announced a big trans-pacific underwater internet cable system, for instance. Although it is clear satellites still have a major role in intercontinental communications, it's not clear to me whether this role will prevail in the future.

ref: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-asian-companies-invest-...

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Re:Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Raising Money at a Valuation Approa... by damoncali on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @11:27AM (#8197822)
Yeah, but that's nothing new, and there still isn't much money there. And space colonization is so far in the future it gets discounted down to zero. If SpaceX is mispriced, it's on the high side if you ask me.
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