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FACT: Operating Starlink in Ukraine costs Elon $100 million [1]. FACT: The USGOV only gave SpaceX $3 million for equipment sent to Ukraine [2]. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The fact is that Elon, one man, has done more to support Ukraine in the fight against Putin than most countries on earth.

In fact even if Ukrainians weren't receiving it for free Elon would still deserve credit FOR CREATING Starlink in the first place. Thereby allowing Ukrainians to have critical infrastructure in wartime.

The Russians would be parading Zelenskyy’s corpse through the streets of Kiev, if not for Elon’s help.

Sources:

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/08/us-quietly-paying-millions-send-starlink-terminals-ukraine-contrary-spacexs-claims/

[2] https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-says-starlink-ukraine-cost-spacex-100-million-dollars-2022-10

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's estimated that 85% of spaceX funding comes from the government:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX#:~:text=He%20estimated%20that%20SpaceX%20was,Musk%20and%20other%20private%20investors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Why is the government buying launches a bad thing? SpaceX provides a service that they want. The money would just have gone to Lockheed and Boeing otherwise