SpaceX’s 80,000-Site Ambition: The Logistics Behind a Potential $80 Billion Wireless Build

SpaceX has shown that it can build sophisticated technology, launch it into orbit, and operate a communications network spanning much of the planet. Now it is considering a challenge that may be just as demanding: establishing a nationwide terrestrial wireless network to compete with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. The technology matters, but the outcome could depend more on something familiar to logistics professionals: getting the right equipment, people, infrastructure, and approvals to tho