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I believe is Musk is as technically skilled and capable as the average or above average engineer, and certainly as the above average billionaire. I believe he

• theonething 4y ago
  > people who aren't used to strangers even trying to understand technical issues. Do you think this describes Zubrin, Watson, Sarsfield or the other experts in the reddit post I referenced? Do you think he fooled Jim Cantrell? > He is by far the single smartest person that I have ever worked with ... period. > I found out later that he was talking to a bunch of other people about rocket designs and collaborating on some spreadsheet level systems designs for launchers. Once our dealings with the Russians fell apart, he decided to build his own rocket and this was the genesis of SpaceX. https://qr.ae/pvEkLe https://qr.ae/pvEkLe > I don't believe he is solving any substantial technical problems at SpaceX or "designing rockets" himself. Thanks for sharing your belief. What would be interesting and potentially more educational is if you shared the basis for your belief.