06.02.2015 - 10:03 [ NBC News ]

SpaceX, Google and Virgin Revive Buzz Over Satellite Internet

SpaceX founder Elon Musk says he‘ll spend billions of dollars to make the Internet available via a constellation of 4,000 satellites — and use the revenue to build a city on Mars. Google is kicking in close to a billion dollars to support Musk‘s plan. And the Virgin Group‘s Richard Branson is joining in another multibillion-dollar venture to provide Internet access from space.