The UK just paid $500M to battle Musk in the internet-from-space race — cos Brexit

8:44am PDT - July 3rd, 2020    jeff bezos - The Next Web

A new challenger has appeared in the internet-from-space race: the UK government, which CNBC reports has committed $500 million to reviving bankrupt satellite startup OneWeb. The UK government won a 20% stake in OneWeb during an auction in New York on Friday,…