우크라이나 인터넷을 차단해서 러시아 공격을 막아버린 일론 머스크

Elon Musk's Starlink provided satellite internet for free during the Low War and completely restored the communications of Ukraine. The information war is very important in modern warfare, and Elon Musk made a great contribution to the Low War. However, when Ukraine tried to attack Russia using this communication, Elon Musk cut off the internet and prevented Ukraine from attacking Russia. This fact has become quite controversial around the world. It's a controversy about whether it makes sense for a company to intervene in a war between countries. In order to find out more about this, we need to find out why Elon Musk started Starlink and why he started the rocket business step by step. Elon Musk has been fond of sci-fi novels and sci-fi movies since he was very young. His experience has attracted a lot of attention in the space and rocket field. As Elon grew up, he thought it was too dangerous for mankind to live on a single planet called the Earth. If there is a nuclear war on Earth or a climate crisis or a small planet collision, all living things, including mankind, will die on Earth. So Elon believed that before he died, he had to make mankind a multilateral race. Elon Musk believed that mankind should conquer Mars first in order to become a multilateral race. So Elon Musk dreamed of advancing to Mars and founded a private space company called SpaceX. In the early days, Elon Musk's SpaceX had a lot of ups and downs. The first rocket failed. The second and third also failed, and SpaceX was in danger of bankruptcy. At this time, Elon Musk went to get funds no matter what he did. He gave his own money to his friends, family, and SpaceX employees. If you read Elon Musk's book, there is another interesting story. The former PayPal colleagues who kicked Elon Musk out supported $20 million. Thanks to that, SpaceX was able to survive. With this opportunity, they were able to solve the problem with Elon Musk, and they believed that Elon Musk's space industry itself was compatible with the spirit of PayPal. Elon Musk's SpaceX tried the fourth launch with a real, real curtain, and eventually succeeded. Right after this success, NASA signed a huge contract with SpaceX worth $160 million. The contract was that SpaceX would go around the space station 12 times. That's how SpaceX was completely resurrected. It was almost dead, but it came back to life. Elon Musk's SpaceX grew day by day. It started with Falcon 1 and made a much larger Falcon 9. By making reusable rockets, it was able to cut costs tremendously and make more contracts. But Elon Musk's ultimate goal is to enter the Mars of mankind. What do you need to conquer Mars? First, you need technology. Second, you need the most important money to develop that technology. So Elon Musk thought that SpaceX should start with a profitable business, make money, make rockets to enter Mars with that money, pay human resources, buy equipment, buy materials, and pay for various operating costs. First, you have to make money to do anything. So Elon Musk thought about a space internet business. Elon Musk's calculation is like this. The global internet sales are $1 trillion a year. Even if we only take 3% of it, it's more than NASA's budget. Our SpaceX can make its own communications satellite and launch rockets, so it can install a space internet network that covers the entire earth at any time. We're going to make money with the space communications business and go to Mars with that money. In January 2015, Elon Musk launched Starlink with SpaceX's new business. To briefly explain Starlink, SpaceX's rocket is loaded with internet satellites. Then, this rocket is launched at an altitude of about 547 km above the earth, and when it reaches the target orbit, it sprays all the internet satellites. This internet satellite sends an internet signal to the earth as it revolves around the earth, and the earth uses a receiver to use the internet. Starlink ultimately plans to build 42,000 satellites to cover the entire earth. Now, the plan was good, but there were a lot of problems. Existing internet satellites are too big, heavy, and expensive, so they are not profitable. That means that Starlink itself has to create a new internet satellite. It also had to make the satellite 10 times lighter, 10 times cheaper, and 10 times faster. Of course, Elon Musk solved all these problems. He threw the impossible goal to the employees and made them work like crazy. Of course, Elon Musk himself worked like crazy. If the employees were a little late, he fired them boldly. He also innovated in the production and design process. The unnecessary parts were boldly removed, and the slightly expensive parts were self-produced instead of being sold. And finally, in May 2019, SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched the satellites and put them on orbit. About 4 months later, Starlink worked normally. Musk posted a tweet in southern Texas. I'm sending this tweet to space through Starlink satellite. Starlink has completely destroyed the existing satellite internet ecosystem. It can't be helped. The existing satellite internet is so slow and expensive that it is used very limitedly, such as for military or corporate use. How can I use this internet that takes 10 minutes to send a KakaoTalk picture for 500,000 won a month? On the other hand, how about Starlink? It's cheap and fast. Of course, it's much slower and more expensive than wired internet. It's a pretty good condition in a backward country or a place like 5G where there is no internet network. So now ordinary consumers use Starlink's internet. It is also used in many companies, ships, and airlines. The U.S. Air Force signed a $70 million contract with Starlink. The Pentagon also signed a contract. Starlink is a hit. The satellite internet industry is great as long as it's technology and conditions. Starlink keeps growing. Amazon's Kyper, Google's OneApp, etc. are the latter, but so far, the satellite internet market is actually a monopoly market for Starlink. It will probably be for the next few years. February 24, 2022. Russia invades Ukraine. An hour before the invasion, Russia blocked Ukraine's communications through a large-scale cyber attack. At that time, the Ukrainian military's command system was paralyzed, and it was almost impossible for Ukraine to have a defense system. The high-ranking officials of Ukraine crazily appealed to Elon Musk for help. Oh, Elon Musk, please supply Starlink to Ukraine. There's no internet, so it's impossible to fight a war. Musk immediately applied to Ukraine. In just two days, he received help from the U.S. military, and about 500 Starlink short-circuiters arrived. Also, President Zelensky asked Elon Musk for a Starlink short-circuit, and Musk sent Starlink short-circuits for a long time. Also, Ukraine can't supply electricity through war, so it can't charge the short-circuit. So Elon Musk sent batteries to the solar panel and supplied power. Elon Musk's actions were not to participate in the war or help or support anyone, but because he wanted the peace of the entire human race. But ironically, Elon Musk's actions were to participate in the war. Musk continued to support Ukraine. As soon as Russia tried Starlink hacking, it was updated and hacked in a day. Provide communications to Ukrainian military, restore Ukrainian TV broadcasts, Ukrainian people posted Russian military's actions on SNS through Starlink. Also, all the situations of the war were announced to the world in real time, and families who broke up in the war met again, and Starlink became a necessity for hospitals and relief supplies. In July 2022 alone, 15,000 Starlink short-circuiters were operated in Ukraine. All the media around the world published a special article on Starlink, praising and praising Elon Musk. Most military experts commented like this. If it weren't for Starlink, Ukraine would have lost the war long ago. In September 2022, Musk's move to fully support Ukraine changed. A Russian ambassador I met a while ago told Elon Musk this. If you attack the Greenland, you'll die. If you cross that line, you might be attacked. About three weeks after I heard that, the Ukrainian army planned to attack the Russian navy stationed on the Crimean peninsula, Sevastopol, with six unmanned submarines. Of course, Starlink would be used for this operation. Musk described this as a disaster. He thought it was reckless for Ukraine to attack the Crimean peninsula. Using Starlink to attack the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine can cause disasters all over the world. There could be a nuclear war. In the end, Musk secretly ordered to turn off the Internet within 100 kilometers of the Crimean peninsula. So what happened? The Ukrainian unmanned submarine went close to the Russian navy on the Crimean peninsula, but suddenly the Internet was not connected. Ukraine, which realized that Elon Musk had turned off the Internet, contacted him. Please turn on the Crimean peninsula Internet. But Elon Musk said this and didn't turn on the Internet. Ukraine is going too far right now, and is expecting a strategic defeat. Elon Musk also said this to Jake Sullivan, the U.S. Secretary of State for National Security. I don't want Starlink to be used for aggressive military purposes. Elon Musk also called the Russian ambassador and said this. Starlink is only used for defense purposes. In October 2022, Elon Musk also turned off the Starlink Internet in the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine. Accordingly, the Ukrainian military was unable to carry out an offensive operation. Elon Musk's intention is clear. He wants to use the Internet only for defense purposes, and not for offensive purposes. At this time, Ukraine also kept asking for the Internet to be connected, but Elon Musk did not listen. However, there was no other alternative. Starlink was the only place that could provide satellite Internet and defend Russia's hacking attacks. It was a case that the whole world realized how powerful Elon Musk's Starlink communication system was. Then why did Elon Musk turn passive to Ukraine's support? Why did he turn off the Internet? If you look at Elon Musk's book, you can see his thoughts in detail. Ukraine's attempt to escape the Crimean Peninsula would have failed anyway, except for large-scale deaths. If the Crimean Peninsula is invaded by Russia, there may be military and economic disasters, and there may be a nuclear war. In the end, Starlink completely changed its support policy for Ukraine and re-negotiated with the Ukrainian government and the US government. It was because the private sector should not be involved in foreign wars or support funds. It was because it was the role of the government. To explain the re-negotiation, it is as follows. First, Starlink provides free services for the purpose of humanitarian support and defense of Ukraine. However, it is impossible to use Starlink for offensive purposes. If you want to attack through Starlink, ask the US Department of Defense to buy Starlink. The negotiations went well, and the US Department of Defense was about to pay Starlink $145 million. However, the story of Starlink's various policy changes and re-negotiations came out of the Pentagon and spread to the world's media. At this time, Elon Musk was criticized by the media. Hey! Why don't you just do it for free? Why do you sell offensive options separately? Is Elon Musk on the side of Ukraine or Russia? But Elon Musk must have been very upset. Starlink is still looking at the enemy, but it only supported about $80 million in Ukraine. But what about other defense companies compared to Starlink? They sell weapons, tanks, and other things, and they're making a lot of money. Elon Musk must be a little upset and speechless. At first, he supported Starlink in Ukraine for humanitarian support, but he keeps asking for it for free, and he's even using Starlink to start a war. Starlink is not a charity or a defense industry. And Starlink is just a private company, so it's not right to get involved in a country's war. So if you read Elon Musk's book about this phenomenon, you can see how Musk felt at the time. Starlink is not a technology for war. People watch Netflix, take classes, and do peaceful work. I'm not telling you to use it for a drone attack. SpaceX CEO Gwynne Shanwell also expressed this opinion. You can gladly donate to ambulance, hospital, and maternity services. That's what companies and people should do. But it's wrong to pay for a military drone attack. So I briefly introduced Starlink from the previous Elon Musk. What do you think about Starlink and Ukraine? Originally, it was a humanitarian support, and it supplied the Internet to the right-wing countries. If the country starts using the Internet for attack, would you stop it or allow it? Also, what do you think about Starlink's policy to pay additional costs if it is used as an attack satellite? What about the war intervention of private companies? The story of Starlink and Ukraine was the hottest issue after the release of Elon Musk's book. Walter Isaacson, who is famous for writing Steve Jobs' biography, wrote a lot about Elon Musk's life as he wrote Elon Musk's biography this time. From Musk's early marriage to his recent Twitter acquisition. This book deals with Elon's life in chronological order, so you can read it from the beginning. Or if you want to see only Tesla's story, you can choose only Tesla's story. The content is not difficult, but it's really fun. And there were so many things I could learn about Elon Musk's way of thinking and business. After reading this book, I got a lot of inspiration on how to design a bigger business. Now, I'll recommend Elon Musk's book, and I'll be back with another fun video next time.