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SpaceX was funded by government contracts awarded to SpaceX. 'Ol Musky doesn't wave a magic wand for discerning capital deployment. He just gets lucky.

• memish 4y ago
  Luck doesn't itself explain being able to repeat that level of complex achievement. You need >99 percentile in energy, intelligence and curiosity to pull that off.
  • Apocryphon 4y ago
    He was certainly lucky that the Obama administration was around to lend him money to finish the Model S and not declare bankruptcy, sure.
  • formerkrogemp 4y ago
    Right, because this single person takes all of the credit for SpaceX. Musk didn't found SpaceX. He just invested money. Big difference. He's also, despite what you're implying here, not a rocket scientist. Nor should he take sole the credit for thousands of scientists' and engineers' work. Do you attribute all of your company's achievements to your CEO or principal shareholders? Are you not concerned with being drawn up into a cult of personality?