Indeed SpaceX is boiling multiple oceans at the same time and betting the timing will align.
-- SpaceX is building a starship factory, not just starship. The market won't deliver enough demand, they need to create their own
-- V3 Starlink constellation targets 100k sats. With 50 sats per flight (100t to orbit) you need 2000 flights to build constellation and then 400 flights per year to replace sats after 5y lifespan.
-- There was that idea of ballistic human travel but this is unlikely to materialize
-- There also was solarsat/powersat where solar power is beamed from space and if you massaged your math the right way the numbers were ~promising
-- AI saves the day. We "need" 1mln AI sats. That solves the demand and justifies the spending. for now
-- SpaceX is building a starship factory, not just starship. The market won't deliver enough demand, they need to create their own
-- V3 Starlink constellation targets 100k sats. With 50 sats per flight (100t to orbit) you need 2000 flights to build constellation and then 400 flights per year to replace sats after 5y lifespan.
-- There was that idea of ballistic human travel but this is unlikely to materialize
-- There also was solarsat/powersat where solar power is beamed from space and if you massaged your math the right way the numbers were ~promising
-- AI saves the day. We "need" 1mln AI sats. That solves the demand and justifies the spending. for now