What’s more is that he has continually tried to create technological advancements that are genuinely universal and global.
One of his many attempts is obviously his famous and often-criticised idea of Martian travel, which he maintains will soon be a thing.
Another of his projects has always been something that has been attempted before, in an ill-fated attempt by Facebook, among others: the quest of providing Satellite WiFi for the entire world.
Of course, this idea has been inspired by one of Musk’s biggest inspirations, Nikola Tesla, who had first envisioned a way of providing seamless energy through space. Of course, that remained something that couldn’t be materialised.
In Musk’s case though, the project is about sending top-grade satellites into space, and not a few, we are talking about 4425 satellites, in a project that will cost a whopping $10bn.
Google has already fronted about a billion dollars to make sure the project gets off the ground.
The sad part is, even in Tesla’s case, his main rivals, Edison and other big banking corporations had direct conflicts with the interest of the project which was to provide seamless and wireless energy.
And they made sure it was never fully functional.
Even in this case, it is against the interests of so many ISPs that the project should not leave the ground. What is in their interest is that the project should be done by either one of them so that the charges that the customers will face will remain unaffected.
And in this case, there is another ironical situation that has been encountered: the internet.org project attempt by Facebook which failed, failed because of an explosion in the SpaceX launcher.
Anyway, similar attempts using high-altitude drones and balloons were attempted by Facebook and Google respectively.
As far as the details of the mission are concerned, satellites will measure 4×1.8×1.2 cubic metres, offsetting the solar panels on board.
Like everything else, when it comes to Elon Musk, and this is what also separates this project from the others, is that he plans to send up a large number of satellites. He is planning to send them all at once, with no thought of testing waters with a few before sending more.
Critics have been criticising not only this aspect of the project but also the fact that connectivity will be highly dependent on proper consideration of weather.
Another huge concern is the resultant environmental impact from launching about 4k satellites by 2019, which is roughly two years since the original vision. And given this small time window, will the satellites be adept enough in their functions?