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Maybe, but my leading guess is that there are only so many areas where a billionaire can throw billions of dollars and actually feel like they're contributing t
by judge2020 5y ago
Maybe, but my leading guess is that there are only so many areas where a billionaire can throw billions of dollars and actually feel like they're contributing to (taking over) the future of humanity - with electric cars and privatized space transport being the safest bets.
- oh_sigh 5y agoI agree, it's just sad that they jumped on an internet-hyped nothing of a company instead of just spinning up their own.
- bdcravens 5y agoMusk bought into Tesla; he didn't create it. This was before they even released their first product.
- cracker_jacks 5y agoThese were only safe after one of those billionaires actually proved it. Before SpaceX and Tesla, both these things were considered untenable.
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoI suspect the Nissan Leaf would have happened with or without Tesla.
- cma 5y agoBlue Origin predates SpaceX.