#Elon: I never turned off #Starlink to #Ukraine, how dare you report this defamation!
#GwynneShotwell: We turned off Starlink so the Ukrainians can't use it to fight #Russia, which was the point.
So who's #lying?
Moreover, who cares? They've outed themselves as #UsefulIdiots for #Russia, so send them to the country they've chosen allegiance to.
#elon #starlink #ukraine #gwynneshotwell #russia #lying #usefulidiots
I've also had my opinion of #GwynneShotwell corrected:
After CNN’s reporting, Musk reversed course, tweeting “the hell with it … we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free.”
Gwynne Shotwell, Musk’s president at SpaceX, was livid at Musk’s reversal, according to Isaacson.
“The Pentagon had a $145 million check ready to hand to me, literally,” Isaacson quotes Shotwell as saying. “Then Elon succumbed to the bullshit on Twitter and to the haters at the Pentagon who leaked the story.”
Everyone is dunking on #Elon and please continue, but #GwynneShotwell seems to have built a remarkable company with a fascinating corporate culture in spite of him.
Honestly, I didn't expect the launch to get as far as it did today. I appreciate the "fail early, often, and a lot" approach they're taking.
‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ #ElonMusk's #SpaceX has restricted #Ukraine's use of #Starlink Internet to control drones, as the service was "never intended to be used as a weapon," said CEO #GwynneShotwell
She refused to say what measures SpaceX had taken. According to her, the contract with the #Ukrainian government was intended for humanitarian purposes.
"We know that the military uses satellites for communication, and that's fine. But we never wanted them to use it for offensive purposes," Shotwell said.
#elonmusk #spacex #ukraine #starlink #gwynneshotwell #ukrainian