Thread by @MWCHub

Here we go! @elonmusk is 'virtually' in the building and @mobileworldlive's @SpringhamJustin is our moderator for the session.

@elonmusk "There’s a need for connectivity in places that don’t have it and where it’s limited or expensive. You can think of Starlink as filling in the gaps between 5G and fibre to reach the most difficult 3-5%" #MWC21

@elonmusk - "The combined power of our satellites is over 5megawatts with 30 terabytes of data per second. In August we should have global connectivity for everywhere except the poles." #MWC21

@elonmusk - "Every low earth orbit communications system has gone bankrupt. My goal with Starlink is NOT to go bankrupt."

@elonmusk - "The tech we're deploying is very advanced. Space tech tends to be old tech which is proven to work on the ground. We took the opposite approach and are taking a chance. It’s fair to see we have the most advanced space ray technology outside the military." #MWC21

@elonmusk - "Next year we’ll start launching version two of our satellite. We’ll start getting our gateways and points of presence directly to our server centres. We don’t want to be over confident but it’s looking quite positive for major telco, fibre and 5G.” #MWC21

@elonmusk - "Next year total investment in Starlink could be $5-10 billion - quite a lot! Over time, some multiple of that, perhaps $20 billion." #MWC21

@elonmusk -"Right now, it costs $500 to order a Starlink dish. It’s the same price everywhere in the world. Only taxes and import duties change. Then it’s $100 a month to run. Honestly, we are losing money on that terminal right now which costs more than $1000 to produce." #MWC21

@elonmusk - "Anyone can make our Starlink terminal work. You just plug it in and point it at the sky.” #MWC21

@elonmusk - "@SpaceX was started with the goal of trying to make life multi-planetary. In order to do that the rocket tech must be improved dramatically." #MWC21

@elonmusk - "The holy grail for rocket tech is rapidly reusable, reliable rockets. With #Falcon9 we’ve achieved the most efficient usability of any rocket to date with boosters that have now flown 10 times." #MWC21

@elonmusk "All my work is based on my fundamental philosophy that we don’t know what the answers are or what questions to ask, but if we can expand our scope of consciousness, we will better know what questions to ask about the universe." #MWC21