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> “Did Elon Musk do it? Did he finally create something that isn’t a worse version of what we already have?” This statement strikes me as ignorant even if we t
by liquidise 5y ago
> “Did Elon Musk do it? Did he finally create something that isn’t a worse version of what we already have?”
This statement strikes me as ignorant even if we talk exclusively about Tesla. The idea that Elon hasn’t improved on existing designs across all of his current companies (or Paypal) borders on indefensible. Reusable and landable stage 1 boosters come to mind.
- chakhs 5y agoThe YouTuber made similar videos about Hyperloop and city to city rocket travel so that joke was referencing those
- ryan93 5y agoWhy do people always bring up accomplishments at spacex in arguments about Tesla
- itsoktocry 5y ago>Why do people always bring up accomplishments at spacex in arguments about Tesla I think some of these people believe Elon is personally designing and engineering these things, so naturally it carries over. Gwynne Shotwell doesn't get enough credit.
- ryan93 5y agoGood point about shotwell. I just dont like if someone criticizes like the tesla freight truck cargo capacity. someone brings up that engineers at spacex figured out how to land rockets
- itsoktocry 5y ago>(or Paypal) It's odd people bring up PayPal as a star on Elon's resume. a) PayPal, especially in the early days, was near universally reviled. It was sort of what we were stuck with. b) Elon became part of PayPal in a merger, and was later removed as CEO. I've seen people say Musk "revolutionized online payments". That's pretty revisionist.