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Elon Musk wants to fund city on Mars with Internet-delivering satellites



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In November 2014, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk briefly outlined a plan of delivering internet access through a network of 700 satellites


Now, at an invite-only event at Seattle Center on Friday, Musk further elaborated on that idea — and revealed why he wants to do it in the first place, Seattle Times reports


Musk now plans to launch 4,000 geosynchronous satellites in order to deliver high-speed Internet access anywhere in the world. The satellites will be designed by SpaceX's engineers in the company's new office in Redmond



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