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>Oh come on! If even half of what he says comes true in the next five years the world will not be the same. I could say 20 things that if even 1 comes true in

>Oh come on! If even half of what he says comes true in the next five years the world will not be the same. I could say 20 things that if even 1 comes true in the next five years the world will not be the same!

grecy 8y ago
You could, but you're not a billionaire running multiple companies that have already done a ton of things that many, many experts said could not be done. Also note, I'm not saying Elon will do all or even half of them. I'm saying it's going to be damn exciting to watch, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he does, because I'd like the world to get better, and I'm happy to be an optimist.
- justapassenger 8y ago
  > You could, but you're not a billionaire running multiple companies that have already done a ton of things that many, many experts said could not be done. Like what? I often hear people saying that experts were saying it's impossible to land a rocket or make a good EV car. But I didn't hear experts saying that. What I did hear, is experts saying it's impossible to make it in cost effective way. And for that - economy for spacex is still to be proven. Tesla is still bleeding money (apart from occasional financially engineered quarters). That being said - while I think most of his companies are doomed to fail (due to gross mismanagement), I'm happy Elon is around. He's lying a lot, and always overestimating by an order of magnitude what he can deliver. But he does inspire people to go into science and engineering - spacex landing rockets are saturn 5 or space shuttle of this generation.
  - gamblor956 8y ago
    I think SpaceX will stick around as long as Shotwell remains COO. She's done a great job of running it. All of SpaceX's disasters can be traced to the pre-Shotwell period, or to Elon interfering in her management (such as this past weekend's rushed crew capsule test).

grecy 8y ago

You could, but you're not a billionaire running multiple companies that have already done a ton of things that many, many experts said could not be done. Also note, I'm not saying Elon will do all or even half of them. I'm saying it's going to be damn exciting to watch, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he does, because I'd like the world to get better, and I'm happy to be an optimist.

justapassenger 8y ago
> You could, but you're not a billionaire running multiple companies that have already done a ton of things that many, many experts said could not be done. Like what? I often hear people saying that experts were saying it's impossible to land a rocket or make a good EV car. But I didn't hear experts saying that. What I did hear, is experts saying it's impossible to make it in cost effective way. And for that - economy for spacex is still to be proven. Tesla is still bleeding money (apart from occasional financially engineered quarters). That being said - while I think most of his companies are doomed to fail (due to gross mismanagement), I'm happy Elon is around. He's lying a lot, and always overestimating by an order of magnitude what he can deliver. But he does inspire people to go into science and engineering - spacex landing rockets are saturn 5 or space shuttle of this generation.
- gamblor956 8y ago
  I think SpaceX will stick around as long as Shotwell remains COO. She's done a great job of running it. All of SpaceX's disasters can be traced to the pre-Shotwell period, or to Elon interfering in her management (such as this past weekend's rushed crew capsule test).