U-Elon Musk utshintsha ingqondo yakhe malunga nokujikeleza i-SpaceX's Inkwenkwezi njengenkampani eyahlukileyo yoluntu njengeprojekthi ye-intanethi esekwe kwisathelayithi yenza inkqubela phambili ekhawulezayo ekunikezeleni ngeenkonzo zehlabathi.
Siza kuba yi-IPO Starlink, uMusk uthumele umyalezo ngoMvulo, kodwa kuphela kwiminyaka eliqela kwixa elizayo xa ukukhula kwengeniso kugudile kwaye kunokuqikelelwa.
Siza kuba yi-IPO Starlink, kodwa kuphela kwiminyaka eliqela kwixa elizayo xa ukukhula kwengeniso kugudile kwaye kuqikelelwa. Imakethi yoluntu ayithandi * ukuhamba kwemali ngokungaqhelekanga. Ndingumlandeli omkhulu wabatyali mali abancinci abathengisayo. Uya kuqinisekisa ukuba bafumana eyona nto iphambili. Ungandibamba kuyo.
-Elon Musk (@elonmusk) NgoSeptemba 28, 2020
I-tweet icacise iinyanga zamarhe malunga ne-Starlink IPO. NgoFebruwari, uMongameli we-SpaceX uGwynne Shotwell uxelele abatyali zimali ukuba i-Starlink luhlobo olufanelekileyo lweshishini… kungenzeka ukuba siphume siye esidlangalaleni.
Nangona kunjalo, kwinkomfa yesathelayithi kwinyanga ephelileyo, u-CEO u-Musk wathi inkampani yakhe ye-rocket ibeka ingcinga yokuthatha i-Starlink esidlangalaleni, egxininisa ukuba eyona nto iphambili kuye yayikukufumana i-constellation kuqala. Ngelo xesha, i-SpaceX yayisungule iisathelayithi ezingama-300 ze-Starlink, malunga nekota yento efunekayo ukubonelela nge-intanethi.
Ukusukela ngoko, i-SpaceX isungule i-satellites ezingama-400 ngaphezulu kwemishini esixhenxe, eyenza ukuba iqela likhulu ngokwaneleyo ukuba libonelele ngeenkonzo ze-intanethi kwiindawo ezininzi eMntla Melika. Uvavanyo lwakwangoko lubonisa ukuba i-Starlink inokubanakho ukubuyisela inkonzo ye-intanethi esekwe kwifayibha kwixa elizayo. (Ibuye yafumana umdla kwezomkhosi.) Ukuba yonke into ihamba ngokwesicwangciso, i-Starlink izakukhupha inkonzo yabathengi e-US nase Canada ngasekupheleni kuka-2020 kwaye ifezekise ubume behlabathi kulo nyaka uzayo.
Kodwa i-SpaceX isekude kakhulu kwinjongo yayo yokwakha uthungelwano lwee-satellites ezingama-12,000 ukubonelela ngenkonzo ezinzileyo, ekhawulezayo ye-intanethi. UMusk uqikelele ukuba iprojekthi yolu bungakanani iya kuxabisa i-10 yezigidigidi zeedola. Inokuxabisa nangakumbi, njengoko iSpaceX ifake amaphepha ukuze ekugqibeleni isungule iisathelayithi ezingama-42,000.
Ngaphandle kwemali ebalulekileyo kunye neqhubekayo yentengiso yabucala, ukuthatha i-Starlink esidlangalaleni kubonakala kungenakuphepheka. UMusk uthe uyakuthathela ingqalelo ukhetho ngokukhawuleza nje ukuba iprojekthi ivelise ukuhamba kwemali ngokuthe ngcembe. Uye wathembisa ukubeka phambili abatyali zimali ukuba kukho i-IPO.
Imakethi yoluntu ayikuthandi ukuhamba kwemali okungahambi kakuhle haha, utshilo uMusk kwiTwitter yangoMvulo. Ndingumlandeli omkhulu wabatyali mali abancinci abathengisayo. Uya kuqinisekisa ukuba bafumana eyona nto iphambili. Ungandibamba kuyo.
I-SpaceX ivelisa iisathelayithi ezintandathu ngosuku kwaye isungula malunga ne-120 rhoqo ngenyanga. Okwangoku, yonke le projekthi ixhaswa lelinye ishishini le-SpaceX, njengezivumelwano ze-NASA, kunye nenkxaso mali yabucala. Nge-Agasti, i-SpaceX inyuse i-1.9 yezigidigidi zeedola kwiqela elingachazwanga labatyali mali, bexabisa inkampani kwi-46 yezigidi zeedola.