Musk knows the score on exports perfectly well: &quot; Honestly, if you had like crack-cocaine on Mars, in like prepackaged pallets, it still wouldn&#x27;t make sense to transport it back here.&quot; [1] A couple of years ago there was loose talk of SpaceX financing the Mars colony by building a space-based ISP (in low Earth orbit, mind you), but as far as I can see that&#x27;s no longer on the table [2][3].<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;shitelonsays.com&#x2F;transcript&#x2F;elon-musk-at-mits-aeroastro-centennial-part-5-of-6-2014-10-24" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;shitelonsays.com&#x2F;transcript&#x2F;elon-musk-at-mits-aeroast...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;OneWeb_satellite_constellation" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;OneWeb_satellite_constellation</a><p>[3] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.techinsider.io&#x2F;elon-musks-spacex-is-backpedaling-its-satellite-internet-plan-2015-10" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.techinsider.io&#x2F;elon-musks-spacex-is-backpedaling-...</a>