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> I imagine everyone else at NASA who respects themselves would have left for SpaceX a long time ago not everyone wants to work for a company that is well know
by throwawaymaths 1y ago
> I imagine everyone else at NASA who respects themselves would have left for SpaceX a long time ago
not everyone wants to work for a company that is well known for grinding 20-somethings into the dust with an extremely poor work-life balance.
- brookst 1y agoNot to mention the ethical questions about working for a company that is privately owned by a megalomaniac who’s demonstrated an interest in playing king of the world.
- Tadpole9181 1y agoAnd does Nazi salutes on stagein front of the world.
- notahacker 1y agoAnd long before Elon took a turn for the political, taking a job with a company focused on launch and then satcomms constellations wasn't necessarily progression for someone wanting to scientific research into the composition of the asteroid belt or distant nebulae or design telescopes or Jupiter flybys or carry out longitudinal studies into astronaut health or climate change.
- WalterBright 1y agoThe launch capability is necessary and enabling for people who want to do such scientific research.
- notahacker 1y agoNobody said it wasn't. That doesn't mean there are vacancies for NASA scientists studying other galaxies or asteroid petrology or the effects of orbit on bone health at SpaceX, or that moving to do comms links at SpaceX would necessarily represent career progression for the telescope designer.
- jart 1y agoI can think of few things I'd wish for more. Although I'd settle for him being the CEO of Mars and then move there just to get away from all this nastiness on Earth.
- filoeleven 1y agoWhy wait?