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What is it about Elon Musk's companies constantly suing people? Tesla sued Top Gear for libel. SpaceX sued a safety consultant asking clarification about a ru
by codex 14y ago
What is it about Elon Musk's companies constantly suing people? Tesla sued Top Gear for libel. SpaceX sued a safety consultant asking clarification about a rumor [1]. Now this tiff may well end in a lawsuit.
[1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/20/spacex_sues_consultant/print.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/20/spacex_sues_consulta...
- jlgreco 14y agoActually reading that article you link, that seems like a pretty massive mischaracterization of that lawsuit.
- codex 14y agoYeah, it's a bad article, but the best I could find. The article is slanted because the it only contains quotes from SpaceX, so you hear only one side of the story, with nothing from the defense. The case was settled.
- jlgreco 14y agoUnless there is absolutely no truth whatsoever to SpaceX's side of the story, that guy sounds like a major sleaze who deserved a lawsuit.
- neurotech1 14y agoSo how many lawsuits is that? 1 for SpaceX and 1 for Tesla... The SpaceX lawsuit seems justified, since it was basically extortion, as a thinly veiled consulting offer. SpaceX have real astronauts, with real experience, to advise them. This includes retired astronaut & shuttle commander Mark Kelly.