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Re:SpaceX projected 20M Starlink users by 2022–it ended up w... by pengaru on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @05:43PM (#37577225)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/elon-musk-bi...

Walter Isaacson, the book's author, gave a long-form interview recently on The Lex Fridman podcast. In case you'd like to form your own opinion about the book's legitimacy, its writing/Musk-supported research is substantially discussed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGOV5R7M1Js

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Re:SpaceX projected 20M Starlink users by 2022–it ended up w... by zizee on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @05:17AM (#37582137)
Musk has since stated that the satellites were always disabled in the Crimea, as per requirements of US sanctions, and that SpaceX would have turned things on if requested by the American government, but no such request was made. Is he lying?
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Re:SpaceX projected 20M Starlink users by 2022–it ended up w... by inemesitaffia on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @04:50PM (#37589986)
Articles claims have been retracted
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