Nonilex<p>This account of the outage, & the growing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dependence</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> by governments & militaries worldwide, is based on interviews with >3 dozen people with knowledge of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> operations & the company’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>. These people included current & former employees, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> military officials, & senior politicians & diplomats.</p><p>The reporting puts a spotlight on Musk’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> of services now <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/critical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>critical</span></a> to countries including the US, which has about $22B in contracts w/SpaceX.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a></p>