Billionaire space race: can Bezos’s Project Kuiper catch up to Musk’s Starlink? 

As the world’s wealthiest men chest-thump in low-Earth orbit, others wonder how their mess will eventually be cleaned up, writes Adam Gabbatt

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida last Friday. Picture: AP /John Raoux

You’re a mega-billionaire. You already own one of the world’s most influential social media platforms, and dominate more than half of the US electric car market. You are regularly named as one of the world’s most influential people. You’ve had your hairline sorted, you’ve already had 11 children, so what do you do next?

For Elon Musk, the answer is: attempt to dominate space.