tsk-tsk-tsk Typical Free-Enterprise/Laissez Faire/Capitalist hypocrisy...

[Montauk6]

Elon Musk's SpaceX says it can't continue to pay for Starlink in Ukraine and asks Pentagon to foot the bill, a report says



Elon Musk's SpaceX has asked the Pentagon to fund its Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine because the company can't afford it, CNN reported on Thursday.

Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, SpaceX sent thousands of Starlink terminals to Kyiv at the request of the country's minister for digital transformation Mykhailo Fedorov. Starlink's high-speed connection has allowed Ukrainian soldiers and some civilians to stay online amid Russian strikes on infrastructure.

In September, SpaceX wrote a letter to the Pentagon, warning that it might have to stop funding Starlink in Ukraine because the company could no longer afford it, according to documents obtained by CNN. In the letter, SpaceX asked the Pentagon to bear the cost of Starlink used by the Ukrainian government and military, per CNN.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-s-spacex-says-it-can-t-continue-to-pay-for-starlink-in-ukraine-and-asks-pentagon-to-foot-the-bill-a-report-says/ar-AA12Xajb?ocid=wispr&pc=u477&cvid=e555525fd68b417ea60b23f93cad296d

[Eugene]

1. The first hit is always free.

Give it for free. Get them to depend on it. Then make them pay, like every competent drug dealer.

EDIT: This is also an established strategy for getting a foot in the door for a no-bid government contract, the DoD in this case.