And if Starlink’s growth is stunted according to Musk, it could lead to bankruptcy in the near future. Some experts have put Starlink at a figure of $50 billion a year in earnings for SpaceX, so this isn’t a small issue by any means.
It’s considered to be one of the key ways that Elon Musk plans to fund his vision for Mars.
Starlink initiative in jeopardy
In the email, Elon Musk outlined that Raptor engines are needed for getting into deep space. The more immediate issue that he stressed was that they need Starships to be launched to place Starlink satellites into orbit.
The Starlink Initiative is Musk’s vision of a low orbit Earth satellite constellation internet system. It is expanding to provide super-fast, low-latency internet service to consumers around the world including underserved areas at an affordable price.
Jeff Bezos through Amazon jumped on Musk’s idea of developing its own Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation called Project Kuiper. Or as Musk says Bezos is “copying” him.
