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Where are all the other grifters riding other people's genius to the orbit and then back to Earth in one piece? If it's as simple as just (ab)using some enginee
by throwaway60607 3y ago
Where are all the other grifters riding other people's genius to the orbit and then back to Earth in one piece? If it's as simple as just (ab)using some engineers, why can't Bezos do it?
Whatever you say, there is something unique about Musk that nobody else has been able to replicate.
- forgetfreeman 3y agoIf you think nobody has replicated his results you are in desperate need of a history lesson my friend. Thomas Edison absolutely existed.
- ClumsyPilot 3y agoDoes being a unique grifter better?
- throwaway60607 3y agoYeah, if it's so unique it allows you to produce rockets that land 10 times, then yeah, it's much better. Not even a grift at that point.
- forgetfreeman 3y agoElon did that? Himself? Personally? Busy guy
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- watwut 3y agoI think that OP in here referenced actual engineers and scientists. Musk is not one, despite taking all ghe credit as if he was. Musk is able to convince or bully others into giving him investment money - including goverment. That is real contribution for sure. Just not an engineering.
- throwaway60607 3y agoBezos has all the money he needs (and got government money too) and yet his rockets don't land - actually they don't even take off. Then we could talk about NASA's SLS... (Branson isn't even worth discussing at this point) Both organizations have the money and the engineers and scientists, only those working for Musk have a landing rocket. Clearly there's something special about Musk.
- edgyquant 3y agoDude has a physics degree and was accepted into a Standford graduate program (before dropping out.) This critique of him is out of spite and not accurate.
- sidibe 3y agoHe does have a physics degree that he obtained 2 years after leaving Penn and making a big donation
- throwaway60607 3y agoAt least open Wikipedia before talking > In 1990, he entered Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.[37][38] Two years later, he transferred to the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), where he completed studies for a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics and a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the Wharton School.[39][40][41][42] Although Musk claims he earned the degrees in 1995, UPenn maintains it awarded them in 1997.[43] > https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-physics-degree/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-physics-degree/ A court ruled in Musk's favor about this. Do you want to challenge that? Then bring more than empty claims about some donations, pls. He didn't even have the money back then - he co-founded Zip2 in 1996 and sold in 1999. Perhaps you meant the 2009 donation, but he had the degrees long enough by then ;-)
- throwaway60607 3y agoDamn dude 5 pages of your comment history is just bashing Musk (most of which is inaccurate at best), lol. Get another hobby.