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Musk constantly promises to build things that never get built. He's 99% vaporware. Unless it actually exists, it's safe to assume that it never will.
by sporkxrocket 1y ago
Musk constantly promises to build things that never get built. He's 99% vaporware. Unless it actually exists, it's safe to assume that it never will.
- ceejayoz 1y agoI'm very much in the Musk hater category, but it really takes some doing to dismiss SpaceX as vaporware.
- stickfigure 1y agoThis is the problem with the dialogue around Musk. He's not 99% vaporware, he's 80-90% vaporware. That's problem enough. In some cases, like Tesla, the vaporware is propping up the company (pivoting to robots!) even though sales are crashing because of the self-inflicted immolation of his personal brand. This is not going to end well.
- sporkxrocket 1y agoGoing to the moon is very much vaporware. Maybe the penultimate example of it.
- ceejayoz 1y agoGoing to the moon was, at the very least, demonstrated as technologically possible in the 1960s, and you can literally go watch a Starship launch if you want. I have a very hard time putting it in the same "entirely prospective" category as androids, self-driving taxis, and Mars bases.
- sporkxrocket 1y agoThe moon is orders of magnitude more difficult to land on than launching a LEO satellite.
- ceejayoz 1y agoAnd that'd be a great point if we didn't already do it six times with slide rules in the 1960s.
- buellerbueller 1y agopenultimate = second last
- sporkxrocket 11mo agoI'm sure Musk will have another scam soon enough!
- buellerbueller 11mo agoTouche!
- seneca 1y ago> Musk constantly promises to build things that never get built. He's 99% vaporware. Absolutely laughable motivated reasoning. Hate the guy if you must, but claiming one of the most impactful business leaders in American history is "99% vaporware" makes you look silly.
- sporkxrocket 1y agoEvery shareholder meeting he announces something that never comes to fruition. He’s the vaporware king.