Elon Musk Continues to Cover Starlink Costs in Ukraine – News Article #8

Elon Musk has been covering the costs of Starlink internet terminals in Ukraine. Musk previously tweeted complains about having to cover the costs and said that SpaceX couldn’t finance the service indefinitely on its own.

Musk tweeted on Saturday, “The hell with it. Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free.” According to this article, it is estimated that Starlink has 20,000 terminals operating in Ukraine. The terminals have helped maintain Ukraine’s communications during the war with Russia.

This article is news because it is impact or consequence, has timeliness, and some human interest involved. Many eyes and ears are on Musk as he is currently a prominent figure in society. The human interest is the war in Russia. Perhaps if Musk wasn’t funding Starlink, the war may be over by now, and possibly more lives lost.

This article is objective. It states strictly the facts. Some of the quotes may not be objective, but the article in itself is not picking any side or biased on facts presented.

1 Comment

  1. fuglsang Says:

    Eon definitely has prominence. I figure he can absorb the cost. Do something good for the world, man. But then again, what he’s paying for Twitter might cut into his checking account a bit.

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