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More examples, please! Reusable rockets is the load-bearing example, I don't think that argument works without it. You could maybe squeeze in "he kickstarted th
by Qwertious 8mo ago
More examples, please! Reusable rockets is the load-bearing example, I don't think that argument works without it. You could maybe squeeze in "he kickstarted the EV market".
- scottyah 8mo agomaybe? Tesla is the biggest reason there are any electric vehicles on the road today, I haven't heard of anyone (knowledgeable) who has even hinted otherwise. I can understand not liking Elon, but trashing the companies he's formed and the marvels they've created is just proof you don't value a truthful understanding of the world.
- jfoster 8mo agoI agree with you, but I find it interesting that BYD got started around the same time as Tesla. They took quite different paths to international distribution.
- habinero 8mo agoElon bought Tesla, he didn't start it.
- scottyah 8mo agoI guess that may be technically correct, but that's really just a anti-elon reddit type comment you're parroting. There were like four people and him "buying it" was just investing way more money in than anyone else wanted to.
- _Tev 8mo agoStarlink was also ridiculed. "Some upstart beating industry veteran at crewed spaceflight" was also treated as a ridiculous idea (see extra funding Boeing was able to extract from congress). But all those massive successes are SpaceX . . .