Re:SpaceX FCC Application for over 4000 Internet Satellites
by Animats on Thursday November 17, 2016 @12:10AM
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Henry J. Kaiser also did it all. Kaiser Steel. Kaiser Motors. Kaiser Permanente (the cement company, not the hospital company). Kaiser Shipbuilding. Kaiser Gypsum. All gone now.
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Re:SpaceX FCC Application for over 4000 Internet Satellites
by toomuchtodo on Thursday November 17, 2016 @12:47AM
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While the entities might be transient, the progress they deliver is permanent.
Musk might not care if Tesla and SpaceX disappear if electric vehicle mobility and affordable transport to Mars is achieved. They are a means to an end.
Re:SpaceX FCC Application for over 4000 Internet Satellites
by Diederich on Thursday November 17, 2016 @09:04AM
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I'm sure he cares quite deeply about the legacy of his companies, but his core goals, as stated, transcend the current organizations.
He has said multiple times that he thought the likelihood of success for each of Tesla and SpaceX was less than 10 percent, but that was ok, because even in failure, they would 'move the ball forward' on sustainable energy and making humanity a multi-planetary species.
Re:SpaceX FCC Application for over 4000 Internet Satellites
by delackner on Thursday November 17, 2016 @12:57AM
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Well, sure, but he also made the hospital company, and that has thrived. I would think if Musk's ventures all go to plan, only SpaceX will be left at the end of it all.
Re:SpaceX FCC Application for over 4000 Internet Satellites
by joelwilliamson on Thursday November 17, 2016 @09:58AM
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Kaiser Motors is still producing Jeeps as a division of Chrysler.