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Aug 2017
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#13 Elon Musk and Why SpaceX Will Coloni...

David Senra
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What I learned from reading The Elon Musk Blog Series: Wait But Why by Tim Urban. In the most recent 1% of our species short existence, we have become the first life on earth to know about the situation (4:38) The total market for satellite manufacturing, the launches that carry them to space, and related equipment and services has ballooned from $60 billion ... Show More
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