Is Elon Musk's 'space internet' more promising than previous attempts?

We debate philanthropy vs. egotism, and why building comms infrastructure from decommissioned nukes isn't always a great idea

Join the Computing team as we debate the relative value of firing 4,000 low orbit satellites into space for global internet access.

Is it for the benefit of mankind or one man's hubris, and what can we learn from Bill Gates, Soviet nukes and questionable methodology from history?