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Re:Tesla is laying off ‘about 9%’ of its workforce as it ‘re... by lutorm on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @03:57PM (#17297388)
Maybe because people think space is cool and there's been close to zero progress for decades before they came along? Or maybe because the goal is something more than just making money, something that clearly set them apart from the other entities in the field, at least when they started.
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Re:Tesla is laying off ‘about 9%’ of its workforce as it ‘re... by frgtpsswrdlame on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @04:16PM (#17297564)
>Or maybe because the goal is something more than just making money

Maybe they view their payoff date in a longer term fashion, maybe the way they will make their money is 'cool' but Space X isn't more charitable than any other company.

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Re:Tesla is laying off ‘about 9%’ of its workforce as it ‘re... by lutorm on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @12:44AM (#17300329)
Unless you have unique insight into Elon's mind, I don't see how you have any idea about that.
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