SpaceX Rocket Struggled to Self-Destruct as It Spun Out of Control

Re:SpaceX Rocket Struggled to Self-Destruct as It Spun Out o... by zpeti on Sunday April 30, 2023 @09:34AM (#35762399)

Yet he’s still beating blue origin, rocket labs, every major car company trying to create electric cars, and a charging network.

Promising 10 awesome things and delivering 2 still gives you more awesome things than you started with.

At best you are a grumpy old man who isn’t happy with anything, at worst a resentful anti success advocate.

What have you created in the last 10 years?

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Re:SpaceX Rocket Struggled to Self-Destruct as It Spun Out o... by sidibe on Sunday April 30, 2023 @10:18AM (#35762788)

I like seeing people be successful. With Elon there is always too much celebrating of announcements vs celebrating successes. He's done well selling EVs and Falcon 9 is great. Mostly he lies though so that's what I assume with any forward looking statements

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Re:SpaceX Rocket Struggled to Self-Destruct as It Spun Out o... by v0idzer0 on Monday May 01, 2023 @11:38AM (#35774351)

It’s not lying. It’s being wrong in the timeline for deeply complex technical innovations. This is like me calling my engineers liars every time a task takes longer than expected (which is nearly every time). This whole “predict the exact day humanity will solve its most ambitious technical challenges like self driving cars or you’re a liar” attitude is incredibly toxic

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Re:SpaceX Rocket Struggled to Self-Destruct as It Spun Out o... by sidibe on Monday May 01, 2023 @05:29PM (#35779424)

Being wrong once on a date 5 years away isn't necessarily lying. Being many years wrong on frequent "by the end of the year" predictions in a way that happens to help you sell products is lying.

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