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There’s no way anybody even nearly as problematic as Elon Musk would have been in charge of important rocket development projects during the Cold War /s
by philwelch 3y ago
There’s no way anybody even nearly as problematic as Elon Musk would have been in charge of important rocket development projects during the Cold War /s
- jowea 3y agoCheeky but I don't think Von Braun working in a public agency had the sort of discretionary power a part owner-CEO like Musk has.
- philwelch 3y agoWhat, no, I meant the other guy, the one who was really into Aleister Crowley and did sex magick with L. Ron Hubbard! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons But seriously, while I’m sure a lot of people in the government are mad at Elon’s hot takes, the government has just as much leverage over SpaceX as they did over Von Braun. In either case they could have turned the screws; the only leverage Elon has is that SpaceX delivers what nobody else can. Which was also true of Von Braun. (Jack Parsons, it turned out, wasn’t worth the headache in the long run; his story has a sad ending.)