Fwd: It's Official: Google has Invested $1B in SpaceX in New Round

[Owen Densmore]

Google's betting on space for internet to the huge number of people still w/o broadband.

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http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/01/20/google-invested-1-billion-spacex/

​This approach is near-earth orbit so suffers little latency.

This is a fascinating stunt by both, Google for more ads, SpaceX as a way to bootstrap their way into space.

   -- Owen​

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