Rival Space Internets Vie for Sky Pie

60-Second Tech

Jan 23, 20151:31Religion & Spirituality

SpaceX’s Elon Musk and fellow tech mogel Greg Wyler both have plans for low Earth orbit satellite networks that could fill in many of the world's current gaps in Internet coverage. Larry Greenemeier reports

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