Will SpaceX become the world’s biggest telecoms provider? Probably.
Too Long; Didn't Read
<em>(This is a followup post to three earlier posts on forecasting. </em><a href="https://medium.com/@gavinsblog/blue-sky-thinking-on-drones-d12ead5940c1"><em>The first</em></a><em> in May 2015 forecast both blimp-based and dedicated building-based drone deployments (later patented by Amazon); </em><a href="https://medium.com/@gavinsblog/elon-musk-s-sleight-of-hand-ea2b078ed8e6"><em>The second</em></a><em> in October 2015 largely predicted Elon Musk’s Tesla </em><a href="https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-deux?redirect=no"><em>Masterplan Part Deux</em></a><em> by 9 months, </em><a href="https://medium.com/@gavinsblog/musk-just-threw-down-the-gauntlet-to-uber-public-transport-and-logistics-52ebf544a0cf"><em>the third</em></a><em> in July 2016 among other things correctly hypothesised the use of Model X falcon wings for future possible Tesla bus designs. I try to get it right but I mainly enjoy the idle speculation).</em>