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Elon Musk is a pigeon CEO, 'he comes, sh*ts all over us, and goes', says former Tesla manager (electrek.co)
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[–] 95 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Anyone remember when he spent all his time talking about colonising mars? That was his big thing and the future. Whatever happened to that?

Then spacex got government funding. Now AI is the big thing.

I've still yet to see any of his great visions he's actually delivered on.

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  • [–] 73 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Whatever happened to that?

    He took all the money he was going to use to do that, put it in a duffelbag with X written on the side, and burned it.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Notice he has never actually volunteered to go up in a SpaceX rocket. I don't think he'll be going to Mars.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Tis a shame, Musk would be perfect to colonize Mars. Send him there. But forget to send women.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I can think of some women who could go with him. Elizabeth Holmes, for example.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Whatever happened to that?

    Very much in progress if you follow news on Starship. Actually going too fast in my opinion, I don't think it's safe enough.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    On the other hand, Starship is not fast enough, if I recall correctly, SpaceX claimed to Nasa that they'd be landing on the moon by now

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    They definitely have their setbacks and delays. They sure keep trying though.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Starship is a terrible idea and vehicle. The fact they keep trying to make the thing work is just because Musk is burning government funds. It has no chance of making it to the moon, let alone mars.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    It sure is questionable, but so far each test got further than the last one, so while I wouldn't be making any bets on it working, I'm not going to discount it either. People said the same thing about reusable rockets and now it's no big deal. They might have a chance, as long as the president of SpaceX manages to keep Musk away from it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Anything can make progress if it's within the realm of possibility and you throw enough resources at it.

    My issue with Starship is that it's not really good for any of the things Musk has promised it for. It's a heavy lift rocket that has not yet proven capable of surviving flight. Best case it can be used to get materials up to space, but used as a lander or a long distance ship? No way. It's just not designed that way. Too heavy, too unsafe, too inefficient, too complicated.

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