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Carmack has been sold by SpaceX right from the start. Musk and Carmack are both rocket nuts. Carmack ran a rocket company: Armadillo Aerospace, mostly as a hob
by GuB-42 5y ago
Carmack has been sold by SpaceX right from the start.
Musk and Carmack are both rocket nuts. Carmack ran a rocket company: Armadillo Aerospace, mostly as a hobby. From engineer to engineer, Carmack has a lot of respect for Musk, and Musk tried to offer Carmack a job at SpaceX, as in "stop playing with your toys, we have serious rockets here".
- __m 5y agoMusk isn't an engineer
- GuB-42 5y agoNeither Elon Musk nor John Carmack are engineers, certainly not rocket engineers. Musk is a businessman, Carmack is a programmer. Both are world class in their respective fields. But they are also pretty good at roleplaying engineers. I suggest watching the latest Tim Dodd videos when he tours Starbase with Elon Musk and you'll see Musk engineer character. No nonsense here, no Mars colonies or hyperloops, just the practical considerations of rocket building. As for John Carmack, my preferred example is that short discussion with Elon Musk on Twitter. https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/536277962803650562 https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/536277962803650562