I still consider Falcon 9 to be a good thing that he made possible by funding its development and manufacturing. It’s given small companies and scientific organizations affordable access to space, and created actual competition in the small satellite launch business. It certainly inspired other companies, like Rocket Lab and Astra, to develop low-cost orbital launch and sounding rockets.
But then, all of his other anti-society things combined with him having turned into a borderline fascist moron… the scale just doesn’t level out.
But that’s the thing and it’s the reason why the praise for him always went way too far- he funded the Falcon 9. He didn’t help design it. He’s an investor, not an inventor. I wish people understood that even if they admired him.
You highlight a very important distinction my friend. Any rich asshole can fund something. It doesn’t make you smart, it just makes you loaded with capital.
I still consider Falcon 9 to be a good thing that he made possible by funding its development and manufacturing. It’s given small companies and scientific organizations affordable access to space, and created actual competition in the small satellite launch business. It certainly inspired other companies, like Rocket Lab and Astra, to develop low-cost orbital launch and sounding rockets.
But then, all of his other anti-society things combined with him having turned into a borderline fascist moron… the scale just doesn’t level out.
But that’s the thing and it’s the reason why the praise for him always went way too far- he funded the Falcon 9. He didn’t help design it. He’s an investor, not an inventor. I wish people understood that even if they admired him.
You highlight a very important distinction my friend. Any rich asshole can fund something. It doesn’t make you smart, it just makes you loaded with capital.
Yes, the wording was very deliberate. Has to be when the subject isn’t entirely good or entirely evil.
Clarification, he didn’t fund falcon 9. Other investors funded it. He just takes all the praise.
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