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