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Maybe. He hasn't given up on self-driving after it turned out to be much harder than he thought. He's still pouring money and time into it. And he hasn't give

Maybe. He hasn't given up on self-driving after it turned out to be much harder than he thought. He's still pouring money and time into it. And he hasn't given up on Starlink, even though it is not nearly as profitable as he hoped originally. He's just launching more satellites. And he hasn't given up on Starship even though it is years late. He's doubling down on its development. But I conceded that he might not see Twitter as critical for his ultimate goals. Maybe he'll just sell it to a bigger fool in a few years?

biscottigelato 4y ago
People just don't know Musk. Falcon Heavy was delayed for 8 years. It took 8 years longer. He still got it to work. With all 3 rockets landing simultaneously at the same time. SpaceX also beat Boeing with a smaller budget (NASA gave more to Boeing) in sending astronauts to the ISS. Boeing still is not able to get a successful test launch 2 years after SpaceX got the first astronauts to ISS from US domestic soil. Then there's Tesla, where the Model Y, despite being double the price of a Corolla, outsold the Corolla - https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/10/tesla-model-y-passing-toyota-corolla-as-best-selling-car.html https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/10/tesla-model-y-passing-... If you can stumble into so many achievements by luck. Or just by oh, lean on a few Shotwells and engineers.... then why are companies like Meta and Snap etc in the trash bin? Why is Boeing still stuck on the ground? Why after a half a decade of Tesla killers than nobody is getting killed but legacy automakers (all declining revenue and deliveries).
- doubleunplussed 4y ago
  For what it's worth, two of the Falcon Heavy cores landed simultaneously at the launch site, the third was intended to land on a barge at sea, but came in too hot and crashed into the ocean.
randoglando 4y ago
For every example you stated, there are more for things he has changed his mind on: > https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-snake-charger-elon-musk/ https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-snake-charger-elon-musk/ > https://insideevs.com/news/326869/elon-musk-comments-on-failed-tesla-battery-swap/ https://insideevs.com/news/326869/elon-musk-comments-on-fail... The latter he said was due to low uptake (which is nonsense - you can find YouTube videos of how unfindable the place is). > https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1017149641991680002 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1017149641991680002 More stuff he has given up on.

biscottigelato 4y ago

People just don't know Musk. Falcon Heavy was delayed for 8 years. It took 8 years longer. He still got it to work. With all 3 rockets landing simultaneously at the same time. SpaceX also beat Boeing with a smaller budget (NASA gave more to Boeing) in sending astronauts to the ISS. Boeing still is not able to get a successful test launch 2 years after SpaceX got the first astronauts to ISS from US domestic soil. Then there's Tesla, where the Model Y, despite being double the price of a Corolla, outsold the Corolla - https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/10/tesla-model-y-passing-toyota-corolla-as-best-selling-car.html https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/10/tesla-model-y-passing-... If you can stumble into so many achievements by luck. Or just by oh, lean on a few Shotwells and engineers.... then why are companies like Meta and Snap etc in the trash bin? Why is Boeing still stuck on the ground? Why after a half a decade of Tesla killers than nobody is getting killed but legacy automakers (all declining revenue and deliveries).

doubleunplussed 4y ago
For what it's worth, two of the Falcon Heavy cores landed simultaneously at the launch site, the third was intended to land on a barge at sea, but came in too hot and crashed into the ocean.

randoglando 4y ago

For every example you stated, there are more for things he has changed his mind on: > https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-snake-charger-elon-musk/ https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-snake-charger-elon-musk/ > https://insideevs.com/news/326869/elon-musk-comments-on-failed-tesla-battery-swap/ https://insideevs.com/news/326869/elon-musk-comments-on-fail... The latter he said was due to low uptake (which is nonsense - you can find YouTube videos of how unfindable the place is). > https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1017149641991680002 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1017149641991680002 More stuff he has given up on.