• SkaveRat
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    671 month ago

    It’s arguably not even him that it really running it

      • @[email protected]
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        -31 month ago

        Which is why my expectations have lowered. “Hey can we build a rocket out of steel and power it with natural gas?” “We’d have to give engineers a raise or they’ll probably quit.”

        • @[email protected]
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          31 month ago

          I’d hope they’re paying them more, since they’re working very long hours. But I do think starship is likely to do well, they’ve crossed some huge barriers to cheap reusability.

          • @[email protected]
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            -31 month ago

            At what point does cheapness outweigh reliability? It was good to keep wasteful and incompetent military contractors on their toes, but that’s going to have diminishing returns, eventually.

            Elon’s vision is spaceflight cheap enough for extremely wealthy consumers to frequent, any further in that direction and SpaceX maybe might no longer benefit the general public.

            We’ll see.

            • @[email protected]
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              31 month ago

              You don’t think starship will be able to be reliable? I think they’ll get falcon 9 like reliability performance at least, and they’re aiming for a lot better.

    • @[email protected]
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      -421 month ago

      Don’t care. He built the company, he’s the face of it. People hate the company and live in a dreamland where it’s failing because they want what Elon owns to be shit.

      It isn’t and they are wrong because they can’t see past their bias.

      • @[email protected]
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        491 month ago

        Space x doesn’t work thanks to Musk. It works DESPITE him, and it requires careful management.

      • Vanon
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        331 month ago

        Yes, Musk has made people hate anything he’s involved in, or that enriches him. It’s only natural; Actions have consequences. He’s a severely mentally ill billionaire, increasingly detached from reality. And now his politics and disinformation are a danger to millions of people. If SpaceX or Tesla wants to feel the love, they know what to do. Until then, I can only assume they accept the consequences.

        • @[email protected]
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          -131 month ago

          I’m not sure how peoples delusions are a logical outcome.

          If I don’t like America that doesn’t mean it suddenly isn’t the richest country in the world just because I don’t like it.

          People really need to understand their bias, wanting SpaceX to be shit doesn’t make it so. That’s what we are talking about. Nothing else. SpaceX rockets aren’t powered on feels.

          • @Feathercrown
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            31 month ago

            You keep bringing up people wanting spacex to be shit but I don’t think that’s a prevailing sentiment

            • @[email protected]
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              -11 month ago

              I have definitely seen that. You see it more on the tests of Starship. Even when it is successful and goes better than expected. Because it blows up a lot of people are laughing at how bad the company is.

      • @vinyl
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        241 month ago

        From what I see Gwynne Shotwell is the one that’s really doing the heavy lifting in the company.

        • @[email protected]
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          -231 month ago

          Seriously what is going on here?

          Okay? If that is or isn’t correct what did I say that was wrong?

          Are you saying. People think Spacex is a failing company (when it isn’t) because of Shotwell?

          • Echo Dot
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            1 month ago

            They’re just adding context. Calm down you have a real victim complex going on, and it’s boring.

            • @[email protected]
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              -21 month ago

              It’s not context because it’s irrelevant to the point at hand. It’s an adjacent point but it isn’t related.

              I’m talking about people perception of SpaceX. The actual inner workings of the company is an irrelevant point.

            • @WoahWoah
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              -31 month ago

              You can practically hear him flop sweating and hyperventilating.

            • @Cocodapuf
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              -161 month ago

              It’s not a complex, he’s reacting to the downvotes (that do seem unfair).

              • Echo Dot
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                51 month ago

                He’s being downvoted because people are pointing things out and he’s arguing about them, even though they are reality.

                • @Cocodapuf
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                  21 month ago

                  Exactly what “things” are you referring to? Also, his last post wasn’t really even arguing… It was asking questions.

                  He said

                  Okay? If that is or isn’t correct what did I say that was wrong?

                  Which I have to say, is a more than reasonable question, it’s an attempt to start a dialogue. Down voting a reply like that is just childish.

          • @vinyl
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            121 month ago

            I haven’t said anything about it being a failing company, I’m just introducing some much needed information because of how much glazing I’ve noticed.

              • @Feathercrown
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                You don’t seem to understand how spaceX works, so your assertions ignore those internals and paint the wrong picture.