Featured Image Source: SpaceX SpaceX plans to fund future missions to the moon and Mars by offering Starlink internet services. SpaceX officials stated that Starlink broadband internet network will be affordable enough that areas in the world where internet is non-existent, or unreliable will benefit from their service. The company is in the process of building the Starlink constellation consisting of approximately 1,584 internet-beaming satellites in low Earth orbit, they have approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate as many as 12,000 satellites. Currently there are a total of 290 satellites in low Earth orbit. This year, deployments are scheduled for approximately twice a month, each Falcon 9 rocket launch deploys a batch of 60 satellites. A total of 60 satellites would be capable of supporting 40,000 Starlink broadband internet users streaming ultra-high-definition content at once. SpaceX officials said

NASA is leaning increasingly towards making SpaceX’s crewed test flight to the space station a long-duration mission to boost the station's crew size.