Folks much smarter than me have said it will be SpaceX that makes Mr. Musk the world's first trillionaire, not Tesla or The Boring Company or Neuralink.
And definitely not Twitter.
From gCaptain, August 30:
Elon Musk’s Starlink has landed its first cruise industry customer.
Royal Caribbean announced a plan on Tuesday to use SpaceX’s Starlink internet across its global fleet of more than 60 cruise ships and all newbuilds on order.
Starlink is the high-speed, low-latency satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX.
“Royal Caribbean Group selecting Starlink to provide high-speed, low-latency internet across their fleet will make their passengers’ getaways even more luxurious,” said SpaceX Vice President of Starlink Sales Jonathan Hofeller. “We couldn’t be more excited to work with Royal Caribbean Group to ensure travelers at sea can stay connected with a great internet experience.”
Royal Caribbean said the Starlink service, which will be available to both passengers and crew from anywhere in the world, will be installed on all Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises ships, along with all newbuild vessels. Altogether that’s about 64 ships and ten newbuilds.
Royal Caribbean said deployment will begin immediately following a successful trial that has already taken place onboard its 3,600-passenger Freedom of the Seas....
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