>>11927220You can find crazy people who would be more competent than Musk. They just don't have the money he had and won't waste a lot of money marketing themselves as Tony Stark. I don't dismiss SpaceX work, I just wish we could develop space technology in more efficient ways.
>Nobody makes money doing that. (At least, nobody did until he did) Let's not confuse not making money because the market is a niche and the technology is not ready yet. And and not making money because you are incompetent and waste money.
Elon is only making money because of years of subsidies until his engineers managed to reuse the rocket. What THEY did is great, he just happened to be here to hit the jackpot.
For the electric car, this is a bad example, it isn't making money despite having groundbreaking technologies.
>What else am I supposed to look forward to?A world who recognize who actually do the work instead of the guy claiming the merit.
>>11927253I give him credit for anything up to Paypal, from there he is mostly surfing a system that reward the rich for making good bet.
>>11927292All this show is that the other billionaire didn't get lucky. To be clear Blue Origin is another example of billionaire wasting money on ego project. They never aimed higher than suborbital tourism and didn't expect SpaceX to humiliate them and steal their niche market.
Stratolaunch is a technologies that require a lot of R&D, I want someone to develop it just in case it work or help later in the game. Same for SABRE engine and Skylon by the way.
Lastly, TESLA never ran nicely. Given the cards they had it should be much better, right now it's overevaluated because of his social impact. There's a reason he had to step down as the chairman.
>>11927314As shown, he isn't a good organizer. Smarts peoples are the ones who organize&produce. Elon just provide the money and isn't afraid (or sane) to be (ir)responsible for massive debt.
Others than him failed despite looking ready to win it all.
