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To the Moon: Elon Musk's High-Powered Visions

18 points by fjabre 17y ago

reasonattlm 17y ago
So the Ellison Medical Foundation isn't on your radar I take it? http://www.ellisonfoundation.org/adsp.jsp?key=01misstmnt http://www.ellisonfoundation.org/adsp.jsp?key=01misstmnt Admittedly I don't agree with their approach - very staid, very stuck in the NIA approach that hasn't done a great deal to advance longevity science - but you can't say Ellison isn't putting money towards grand goals.
- sielskr 17y ago
  by "NIA" the parent of this comment means the National Institute of Aging.
californiaguy2 17y ago
I think I admire Ellison more.
fuzzmeister 17y ago
As a 19 year old budding entrepreneur, I can say this without reservation: I want to grow up to be Elon Musk.
- 8plot 17y ago
  Elon Musk, or John Carmack.
n8agrin 17y ago
As SpaceX's chief technology officer, Musk helped design the company's rockets. As Tesla's CEO and product architect, he stepped in to overhaul the car design... Holy poo! That is impressive by any measure. I can't tell you how many business types have approached me with ideas that "should be trivial" only to find out they have no cs or programming background. Wish there were more leaders with his willingness to get their hands dirty.
callmeed 17y ago
Musk has spacecraft ... Ellison has a MIG-29 ... it's a tough call
- jacquesm 17y ago
  What about the google founders then ? http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/business/Googles_Newest_Plane_Is_A_Fighter_Jet_.html http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/business/Googles_Newest_Plane...
gojomo 17y ago
Please don't editorialize in headlines. (EDIT: Thanks for correcting. Original headline was roughly: "Guess who we should admire -- it's not Larry Ellison".)
- gaius 17y ago
  Agreed. Larry isn't even mentioned in that article.
jacquesm 17y ago
There are some interesting parallels between the fictional characters of Reid Malenfant and 'Harriman' and Elon Musk. What impresses me most about Elon Musk is that he is investing a very large portion of his personal fortune for his next steps, instead of sitting on it or counting it.

18 points by fjabre 17y ago

So the Ellison Medical Foundation isn't on your radar I take it? http://www.ellisonfoundation.org/adsp.jsp?key=01misstmnt http://www.ellisonfoundation.org/adsp.jsp?key=01misstmnt Admittedly I don't agree with their approach - very staid, very stuck in the NIA approach that hasn't done a great deal to advance longevity science - but you can't say Ellison isn't putting money towards grand goals.

sielskr 17y ago
by "NIA" the parent of this comment means the National Institute of Aging.

californiaguy2 17y ago

I think I admire Ellison more.

fuzzmeister 17y ago

As a 19 year old budding entrepreneur, I can say this without reservation: I want to grow up to be Elon Musk.

8plot 17y ago
Elon Musk, or John Carmack.

n8agrin 17y ago

As SpaceX's chief technology officer, Musk helped design the company's rockets. As Tesla's CEO and product architect, he stepped in to overhaul the car design... Holy poo! That is impressive by any measure. I can't tell you how many business types have approached me with ideas that "should be trivial" only to find out they have no cs or programming background. Wish there were more leaders with his willingness to get their hands dirty.

callmeed 17y ago

Musk has spacecraft ... Ellison has a MIG-29 ... it's a tough call

jacquesm 17y ago
What about the google founders then ? http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/business/Googles_Newest_Plane_Is_A_Fighter_Jet_.html http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/business/Googles_Newest_Plane...

gojomo 17y ago

Please don't editorialize in headlines. (EDIT: Thanks for correcting. Original headline was roughly: "Guess who we should admire -- it's not Larry Ellison".)

gaius 17y ago
Agreed. Larry isn't even mentioned in that article.

jacquesm 17y ago

There are some interesting parallels between the fictional characters of Reid Malenfant and 'Harriman' and Elon Musk. What impresses me most about Elon Musk is that he is investing a very large portion of his personal fortune for his next steps, instead of sitting on it or counting it.