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What is odd is that it's obvious the Pentagon will pay the costs (given their military utility) but instead of quietly reaching out to them Musk made a public c
by dkjaudyeqooe 4y ago
What is odd is that it's obvious the Pentagon will pay the costs (given their military utility) but instead of quietly reaching out to them Musk made a public complaint, then withdrew it, claiming he'll pay.
It's really difficult to figure out what's going though his head.
- mananaysiempre 4y agoSeems to have worked fine to make the Pentagon anxious to get the negotiation done rather than sit on the whole thing for as long as humanly possible (what I’d expect as a default from a bureaucracy of that size): > “Negotiations are very much underway. Everyone in our building knows we’re going to pay [SpaceX],” the senior Pentagon official told CNN, adding that the department is eager to have commitments in writing “because we worry [Musk]’ll change his mind.” Whether this was a deliberate negotiation strategy or a simple case of Musk being Musk in public, I can’t tell.
- dkjaudyeqooe 4y agoI think him telling the military he doesn't want to pay for it anymore privately would have done the job. It's not like they're short of cash, $44 billion has been allocated to UA's defense.