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[-] autotldr 8 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


But the recounting of the incident is a reminder of how SpaceX — and its founder — amassed enormous power and leverage as its competitors proved incapable of keeping up with a dizzying pace of innovation.

“One of the advantages is the huge amount of innovation coming out of the private sector, which the government wants to leverage to stay ahead of China and others,” said Brian Weeden, the director of program planning at the Secure World Foundation, a think tank.

SpaceX started providing Starlink internet service to Ukraine after Russia’s invasion, creating a lifeline for the country when its communications systems had largely been knocked out.

“Despite being the launch provider with the most proven track record and the lowest prices in the industry, SpaceX was seemingly not considered by Amazon,” the suit alleges.

“SpaceX has been truly innovative in several key areas, launch and large constellation broadband internet — two things people have long dreamed of but have been tried and failed before,” Weeden said.

A good portion of that success stems from Musk himself, who works relentlessly and pushes his teams to as well, attempting to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds.


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[-] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why is that piece devolving into a suck-fest for Musk? Or is the random firing of employees he is reportedly prone to now considered "pushing his team"?

[-] whileloop@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Wow...this summary had almost nothing to do with Ukraine...

Sorry bot, you usually do a good job, but not this time.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sadly this summary does not contain the actual essence of that report as the report jumps from irrelevant points to Musk disagreeing with ukranian military using it to actually fight for their freedom. But nooooo, they aren't allowed to use it in an "offensive" manner, only to slow down the invaders. Nice one Musk rat.

"How am I in this war? Musk asked,” according to Isaacson. “Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars. It was so people can watch Netflix and chill and get online for school and do peaceful things, not drone strikes.”

“We were really pleased to be able to provide Ukraine connectivity and help them in their fight for freedom,” she [Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president and chief operating officer,] said. “It was never intended to be weaponized, but the Ukrainians have leveraged it in ways that were unintentional and not part of any agreement.”

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