Comment by htek
> Musk driving space technology forward, and I don't see him acting militaristic.
Surely, you jest. He's heavily entwined his companies with the US military. StarLink is used heavily in battlefield communications [1]. He sought to deny the courtesy to one of our allies when Russia disrupted Ukraine's satellite communications, but eventually reversed course over the optics of it [2].
Musk's Grok is going to be used by the Pentagon for the usual pursuits of police states everywhere [3].
1. https://spacenews.com/spacexs-expanding-role-in-u-s-defense/
2. https://irregularwarfare.org/articles/when-a-ceo-plays-presi...
3. https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-gains-favor-as-pentagon-emb...
None of those suggest "heavily intertwined". More like the US military has decided that it's a smart move to take advantage of Musk's technology.
As for the Ukraine thing, I read that Musk was trying to comply with US law in avoiding making foreign policy.
It's no surprise that the military uses Starlink, just like they use cars.
As for grok, of course the military is going to buy what they want.