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SpaceX Musk is pretty good!

• moralestapia 2y ago
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• tim333 2y ago
  If you see video of him talking about spacex he's obviously reasonably smart eg. https://youtu.be/cIQ36Kt7UVg?t=55 https://youtu.be/cIQ36Kt7UVg?t=55 In fact in that video from minute 1-7 you can pretty much see how he beats the likes of Boeing and gets stuff out faster and cheaper than NASA. It's hard to say - ah that's a good idea, that's how he beats the other rocket scientist guys and then argue he's stupid. At least when it comes to rockets. Politics I'm less convinced.
  • UltraSane 2y ago
    " see how he beats the likes of Boeing and gets stuff out faster and cheaper than NASA. " Musk has nothing to do with anything at SpaceX. He has absolutely no skills or education in designing or operating rockets. SpaceX is so successful because of how little involvement Musk has with it.
    • 0x6c6f6c 2y ago
      Also the easiest case of "Take subordinates ideas for my own" with the culture at that company. I can read up on an algorithm and explain it to people, it doesn't mean it's my own intellectual accomplishment to repeat it.
    • SR2Z 2y ago
      Bezos has a rocket company. Branson used to. There's a smattering of financially troubled small-scale launch providers. And then there's SpaceX, which is like 70% cheaper than the alternatives, wildly profitable, launched a constellation of thousands of satellites, etc., etc. Musk likes rockets. He has technical chops. If good technical leadership is so cheap, why is SpaceX so far ahead? I understand that the man is kind of nuts these days but we underestimate him at our own risk.
      • UltraSane 2y ago
        Rich people can hire smart people to do things and take credit for it. It happens all the time. "He has technical chops" Not in rockets he doesn't. Or programming. " If good technical leadership is so cheap, why is SpaceX so far ahead?" Because of Gwynne Shotwell