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SpaceX’s mission is very explicitly not shareholder aligned, which is why Musk explicitly said he would never take it public or sell his majority stake. The mi
by kortilla 1y ago
SpaceX’s mission is very explicitly not shareholder aligned, which is why Musk explicitly said he would never take it public or sell his majority stake.
The mission is mars and the money making endeavors (starlink) are to bring in the cash to do that.
- antonvs 1y ago> The mission is mars It's hard to believe that by now Musk still hasn't realized what a ridiculous idea this is. That realization could explain his weird pivot into e.g. buying Twitter and far-right politics. A midlife crisis triggered by discovering that his childhood dream was just a fantasy.
- marcusverus 1y ago> It's hard to believe that by now Musk still hasn't realized what a ridiculous idea this is. Maybe one day Elon Musk will understand space as well as you do.
- moolcool 1y agoEven if he were sincere, sacrificing NASA because it's mission has some overlap with the stated goal of a billionaire is ridiculous.
- kortilla 1y agoThat’s unrelated to what I’m saying. My point is that spacex isn’t driven by shareholders