I have to look up to him in this turbulent world in this surreal era.
下面这首音乐,我写的时候,对未来的担忧是切切实实的。
对世界有关坏的,不是罪。除了自己的一亩三分地,除了那点小资情调外。看看外面,操操闲心,其实有利健康。
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Musk won’t permit Ukraine Starlink due to WWIII risk
Elon Musk
Elon Musk has a message for whoever might blame him for a third World War erupting over Ukraine: It’s not his fault. In fact, his decision to restrict Ukrainian access to his communications technology—he’s disabling satellite broadband use for any potential strikes on Russian soil—could help prevent the conflict from spiraling out of control. If you ask him, that is.The serial entrepreneur has become a vital player in Ukraine’s defense thanks to his Starlink service, which has enabled communications for its soldiers all the way up to the front lines since last March. But Musk has complained about the cost of this pro bono technology, at one point tweeting that the cost to his company SpaceX would exceed $100 million by the end of the year. Briefly, he even floated the idea that U.S. taxpayers foot the bill, before dropping the idea.
His specific worry is that his satellite-based broadband provider could be used to mount long-range drone strikes in Russian territory that might herald a new, more horrific phase of the war. In early December, Kyiv hit two targets hundreds of miles from its border, a politically controversial issue that some argue could transform a war of liberation into an offensive one.
Russia has also threatened to shoot down Musk’s Starlink satellites in low earth orbit, claiming they are a legitimate military target.
Musk’s comment on Sunday came in response to a request from Scott Kelly, a former NASA astronaut and activist supporting Ukraine’s freedom fighters.
Starlink’s use in the war threatens to become a source of contention between SpaceX and the Ukrainian government. Earlier this month, Musk’s operations chief and number two at the company, Gwynne Shotwell, went so far as to upbraid Kyiv’s use of the satellite broadband service at a conference held in Washington, D.C.
“It was never intended to be weaponized,” she said, adding, “Ukrainians have leveraged it in ways that were unintentional and not part of any agreement.”
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Credit: https://fortune.com/2023/02/13/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-satellites-world-war-3-ukraine-russia/