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The thing that made me admire him a lot was always SpaceX. I saw Tesla as good for helping push EVs over the hump but beyond that kind of over-hyped. The other
by api 4y ago
The thing that made me admire him a lot was always SpaceX. I saw Tesla as good for helping push EVs over the hump but beyond that kind of over-hyped. The other Elon companies seem like hobby projects for a billionaire.
The question I have now is: how much has he actually been involved in engineering at SpaceX? How much of a role did he really have there other than as an investor?
I've heard from many that Gwynne Shotwell and Tom Mueller had a highly non-trivial role.
In any case even if he was a mega-super-genius he's clearly losing his mind. It worries me that he has a controlling share of SpaceX. The work they are doing is super important. Maybe Twitter and all this stupid political drama will keep him distracted.
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- derekp7 4y agoI think his major contribution at SpaceX was a the vision. And that the engineers could work on things knowing that the rocket may blow up in testing, and that was not only OK but also promoted as an example of success by the company CEO. Compare that to the DC-X which, while a 1/4 scale demonstrator, had the project canceled due to a fiery explosion due to a failed landing leg. Also, I recall reading at the time that he took credit for coming up with the idea to use stainless steel on Starship. Stainless steel would normally not be considered for a rocket due to expense, but with re-usability that argument goes away. And it gets tougher at cryogenic temperatures. Now if he was actually the one that sprung that idea on the engineers and no one else thought of it, that is a question I'd like to see answered. Or did he just approve of the plan when it was brought up among a list of possibilities?
- jacquesm 4y agoHe's on track for self destruction if he doesn't clean up his act. This won't end well, and that's a shame.