• massive_bereavement@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Musk’s official biographer explained that there was a point where he had to take a decision of either allow it or not, and a Russian official discouraged it on the basis that there would be a nuclear escalation.

    Allegedly, someone in a 5 point building got super pissed by the fact that a rich guy got to call it off, jumping over them and the Prez himself.

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      10 months ago

      The DoD has since signed contracts with Starlink for service. But they hadn’t at the time yet so I don’t see why the Pentagon or American president would be involved in the decision.