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Re:SpaceX has grown to 87% of the tonnage to orbit by underseacables on Monday May 20, 2024 @08:03PM (#40422262)
I think a lot of the criticism is political. When you separate from that, Elon has had a profound impact on space and automotive. He isn't perfect and has certainly made many mistakes, but there isn't really anyone like him pushing technology forward like this.
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Re:SpaceX has grown to 87% of the tonnage to orbit by lesuorac on Monday May 20, 2024 @08:17PM (#40422391)
It's pretty funny, there was so much pent up demand for EVs that the one guy that actually did it not as a political stunt became a billionaire.

It's not like they didn't have a chance to either, they all developed EVs as side projects [1]. Some of which were incredibly loved by their leasers (?) [2].

[1]: https://avt.inl.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fsev/HistoryOfEl...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%3F

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Re:SpaceX has grown to 87% of the tonnage to orbit by WalterBright on Monday May 20, 2024 @11:51PM (#40423914)
Anybody could put batteries in a kit car and sell it. And people did, but they didn't make much of any money for it.

What Musk did is:

1. add regenerative braking

2. design the look of the car to be exciting

Those two things are the critical engineering innovations Musk did.

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Re:SpaceX has grown to 87% of the tonnage to orbit by parthianshotgun on Monday May 20, 2024 @08:06PM (#40422289)
If you do the right thing for the wrong reasons the work becomes corrupted, impure, and ultimately self destructive.
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Re:SpaceX has grown to 87% of the tonnage to orbit by option on Monday May 20, 2024 @08:09PM (#40422311)
and if you do nothing or fail to execute for good reasons you do not matter
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Re:SpaceX has grown to 87% of the tonnage to orbit by parthianshotgun on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @02:48PM (#40432275)
I don't think you understood what I was trying to express
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Re:SpaceX has grown to 87% of the tonnage to orbit by electriclove on Monday May 20, 2024 @08:53PM (#40422740)
He is doing the right thing, for the right reasons. He wants to preserve humanity’s existence into the future. EVERYTHING he does is driven by this
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Re:SpaceX has grown to 87% of the tonnage to orbit by parthianshotgun on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @02:47PM (#40432262)
I have a bridge to sell you then
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