Elon Musk says SpaceX's Starlink satellites active over Ukraine after request from embattled country

[BeyondGeography]

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[SheltieLover]

1. Awesome!!!

[Hekate]

2. Incredible

[AnnetteChaffee]

3. Finally

I have something to personally respect about EM.
Well done - We stand with you Ukraine!

[Wingus Dingus]

4. He's doing something good! We should pat him on the back.

[AnnetteChaffee]

5. Question

Can Russian take advantage of this as well? Does anyone know how this will work for Ukraine?

Thank you in advance for anyone who can break this down
Annette

[NowISeetheLight]

6. Elon gets a lot of hate...

But I have to believe there is good there too. This is the kind of thing that gives me hope. Now what can the rest of the worlds wealthiest do to stop a tyrant? Like JFK asked… “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”…. Change that to “ask what you can do for humanity”.

[Kablooie]

10. I really think his goals are honorable.

People disagree with his political opinions, his personality can be off putting and he breaks all kinds of established conventions but I believe his goal is to produce new things that will help people
.

[NowISeetheLight]

14. That is my view too.

I think he’s awkward, adhd, autistic, and other things. His social skills aren’t the best. But I think he’s really a creative person with some vision. Some of it out there (like Mars), but some very relevant (EVs).

[Hiawatha Pete]

17. Musk the motherfucker should apologize to PM Trudeau and the people of Canada

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[Kablooie]

18. Agreed. This was horrible.

He does not seem to have a sensibility to other peoples views and feelings. This may come from him being on the spectrum, which he has acknowledged.

[Hiawatha Pete]

16. When an apartheidist shows you who he is, believe him

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[ffr]

7. Beautiful!

[Happy Hoosier]

8. Evil asshole does something good! NT

[C_U_L8R]

9. My opinion of Musk just got a lot better.

Thank you.

[TuskMoar]

12. My Opinion of Musk

Very rich dude. Highly effective. Weirdo. Does some good, but also really misguided at times. Heart in the right place, but his aim is often off. Oh.... .emphasize.... weirdo.

[TomSlick]

11. Good on him.

[BlueCheeseAgain]

13. You're really going to make me like Elon Musk?

[Hortensis]

15. Here's a Musk anectode. The station's a joint effort.

When we clashed over Russia's invasion and "annexation" of Crimea, the head of the space program was offended and suggested that without their rockets we might need to use a trampoline to get our astronauts to the station. Took a few years, but when SpaceX delivered the first load of astronauts to the station, Musk was able to report that the trampoline worked well.