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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by xedeon on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @05:40AM (#38261590)
The fact that you don't even know who Tom Mueller is, tells me all I need to know. I linked Tom's Wikipedia bio for context, maybe you should take the time to read it.

"Thomas John Mueller is an American aerospace engineer and rocket engine designer. He *was* a *founding* employee of SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California, and the founder and CEO of Impulse Space"

> I don't expect anyone employed at SpaceX to spill the beans, but there's plenty of anonymous rumours on the internet about his actual role:

Tom was already retired when he posted those tweets. So again, your claims are just patently false. Let's see...Your source is from an "anonymous rumour" and is more credible than a founding SpaceX employee? I have no words...

> At Tesla, despite not being a founder of the company, he contractually established that he was allowed to call himself a founder. And then pushed the actual founders out.

The Tesla Board did that, not Elon. But you knew that right? It's dishonest to attribute the success of the Tesla Roadster, Model S/X, and Model 3 ramp-up, as well as Tesla's current achievements, to Eberhard and Tarpenning.

> But he certainly has his share of character flaws as well.

Don't we all? Not a single person on this planet is flawless, and it's sanctimonious to think otherwise.

Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by mcv on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @07:15AM (#38262347)
> the parent tweet is clearly there

It is not clear how to navigate to the parent tweet. Take it up with the owner of the site, I guess.

I know who Tom Mueller is, and I've addressed why that doesn't make him impartial.

> Tom was already retired when he posted those tweets.

According to your Wikipedia link "he retired from SpaceX on November 30, 2020". One of those tweets is from 2019, so your claims are patently false.

> The Tesla Board of Directors did that, not Elon.

And who was the chairman of that board of directors? Please.

> It's dishonest to attribute the success of the Tesla Roadster, Model S/X, and Model 3 ramp-up, as well as Tesla's current achievements, to Eberhard and Tarpenning.

And I did nothing of the sort. I gave Musk credit for that. I'm only pointing out he wanted to be credited for something he wasn't.

Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by xedeon on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @10:49AM (#38264747)