网友和Elon Musk回答Starlink要求援乌费用补贴质疑等

 

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SpaceX is not asking to recoup past expenses, but also cannot fund the existing system indefinitely *and* send several thousand more terminals that have data usage up to 100X greater than typical households. This is unreasonable.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 14, 2022

 

In addition to terminals, we have to create, launch, maintain & replenish satellites & ground stations & pay telcos for access to Internet via gateways.

We’ve also had to defend against cyberattacks & jamming, which are getting harder.

Burn is approaching ~$20M/month.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 14, 2022

SpaceX’s request is reasonable. Shouldn’t expect a private sec co. to continue to fund this for free forever. Do Lockheed, Boeing, Northrop, etc do their work for free? SpaceX was generous in donating what they did & they'll happily cont. to mfg terminals with gov money.@elonmusk https://t.co/WmC1WkWJur

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) October 14, 2022

“Starlink has been absolutely essential because the Russians have targeted the Ukrainian communications infrastructure,” said Dimitri Alperovitch, co-founder of the Silverado Policy Accelerator, a think tank. “Without that they’d be really operating in the blind in many cases.”

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) October 14, 2022

Strange that nothing was leaked about our competitors in space launch & communications, Lockheed & Boeing, who get over $60B …

Wouldn’t be surprised to find this particular individual working there when he retires from DoD. Corruption at its finest.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 14, 2022

Also, Starlink is still losing money! It is insanely difficult for a LEO communications constellation to avoid bankruptcy – that was the fate of every company that tried this before.

When asked what the goal of Starlink was at a space conference, I said “not go bankrupt”.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 14, 2022

We’re just following his recommendation ????‍♂?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 14, 2022