Thread by @trengriffin

"SpaceX has “sufficient capital” to make Starlink operational but would potentially need to raise money if things go wrong with the multibillion-dollar endeavor, which he called “one of the hardest engineering projects I’ve ever seen done.” reuters.com/article/us-spa…

Money, rocket launches and payloads are cheaper now than in the 990s. Many tradeoffs are involved in going to lower orbits. Watching them "operationalize" will be fun.

There is a suplus of launch capacity. Businesses will send payloads up on a space available basis. Its go time

“We see this as a way for SpaceX to generate revenue that can be used to develop more and more advanced rockets and spaceships,” Musk said. “We believe we can use the revenue from Starlink to fund Starship [and get to Mars]." cnbc.com/2019/05/15/mus…