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I'm not sure he cares to be honest. Why would he? His goal is to have humans populating the universe, strapping himself to a rocket for an ego trip would be a
by tw04 5y ago
I'm not sure he cares to be honest. Why would he? His goal is to have humans populating the universe, strapping himself to a rocket for an ego trip would be a rather pointless risk.
I'd say the fact that his company has absolutely destroyed both competitors to date wins any dick waving contest around "but I personally went to space first". I'm not even an Elon fan, and I think he's got a million character flaws, but he seems to be sticking true to the purpose of space-x and tesla and neither one is about bragging to his rich friends with a "LOOK AT ME!".
- dotBen 5y agoHe might care because he wants to go to Mars and so presumably it's totally reasonable to assume he might have the opportunity to go to space more than once. He might want to do a 3 day tour of the Earth as the beginning of that. He might just because he's the kind of guy who pretty much makes loads of his decision 'because he can'. Plaid? Model's S 3 X Y (sexy)? acceleration speeds that are almost unsafe for normal drivers to be handling? A lot of his decisions are outside the norm, which is why (some of us) love him.
- yupper32 5y agoYou can argue that turning down a 3 day trip orbiting the Earth is also outside the norm!