SpaceX had spent tens of millions of its own money sending the satellite equipment to Ukraine, according to Musk. And the company told the Pentagon that they wouldn’t continue to foot the bill for the satellite gear, as CNN first reported last October.
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 Isaacso
“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.”
Why would he turn down money? He’s not exactly known for being on the side of morality.
Is it not possible that he intentionally turned down the Pentagon check so that he could continue to provide the service on his own terms, versus those of the Pentagon? Including the ability to revoke/block it when/where he saw fit?
Are they?
All of it?
From CNN Exclusive: ‘How am I in this war?’: New Musk biography offers fresh details about the billionaire’s Ukraine dilemma:
Why would he turn down money? He’s not exactly known for being on the side of morality.
Is it not possible that he intentionally turned down the Pentagon check so that he could continue to provide the service on his own terms, versus those of the Pentagon? Including the ability to revoke/block it when/where he saw fit?