SpaceX chairman Elon Musk has changed his attitudeand said that his company will continue to fund the operation of the Starlink Internet service in Ukraine free of charge.
To hell with that…even though Starlink is still losing money and other companies are getting billions in taxpayers’ money, we’re just going to keep funding the Ukrainian government for free
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 15, 2022
In response to his tweet, one of his followers said, “No good deed goes unpunished.” Musk responded, saying, “Nevertheless, we should still do good deeds.”
Nevertheless, we should do good deeds
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 15, 2022
Last week, SpaceX notified the Pentagon that it may stop funding internet services to Ukraine after Musk spoke about the expenses SpaceX had to incur to provide connectivity to Ukraine.
On Friday, Musk said on Twitter that SpaceX isn’t asking to recoup past expenses, but also can’t fund the existing system indefinitely and broadcast several thousand more terminals with data usage up to 100 times higher than typical households.
Ever since Ukraine went to war, Starlink satellite Internet terminals have enabled Ukraine’s military to fight and stay connected despite Russia’s destruction of Internet networks.
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Earlier this month Musk – who is also at the helm Tesla Inc TSLA – drew heavy criticism from Ukrainian officials after releasing a Twitter poll assessing support for a peace plan for Russia’s Ukraine war.
Ambassador of Ukraine in Germany Andriy Melnykresponded to Musk’s alleged peace plan by saying, “F*** off is my very diplomatic response to you @elonmusk.”
Fuck off is my very diplomatic answer to you @elonmusk
— Andriy Melnyk (@MelnykAndriy) October 3, 2022
In another tweet, Melnyk added, saying: “The only result is that now no Ukrainian will buy your fucking Tesla crap. So good luck to you.”
Musk also drew criticism from the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyythe one in response to…
