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Myth: all the stuff accomplished by SpaceX is because of Musk 
Reality: it's because of the people who work at SpaceX. Musk is just a dude with money that gets in the way sometimes

“rocket man bad” is the prevailing narrative, but long before most of you had an opinion, Elon was leading the tiny, scrappy team that put the first private spacecraft into orbit (Falcon 1) using his own money. the story is incredible, and Elon deserves credit for the unprecedented achievement.

“rocket man bad” is the prevailing narrative, but long before most of you had an opinion, Elon was leading the tiny, scrappy team that put the first private spacecraft into orbit (Falcon 1) using his own money. the story is incredible, and Elon deserves credit for the unprecedented achievement.

https://www.amazon.com/Liftoff-Desperate-Early-Launched-SpaceX/dp/0062979973

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yep, but the bulk of the early funding ($100MM or so iirc) came from Elon.

this was an incredible amount of personal risk to take on and he nearly went bankrupt 

he was also consistently belittled by NASA, Congress, Boeing, etc. despite the popular narrative that the government just dumped money on him…many authorities were vehemently opposed to public space flight in general at that time. he had to do a lot to prove himself and Falcon before those coffers really opened up

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According to a Los Angeles Times investigation, Musk's companies had received an estimated $4.9 billion in government support by 2015, and they've gotten more since. Here's a look at some of the federal and state-level government subsidies that have contributed to building Musk's empire.Dec 15, 2021

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I give credit for that achievement, funded by government money fwiw.
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💯 agree and like you said to bias two things can be true at one time. the fact that the us air force tried to bury them and never let them emerge is a good story too.

100% with you (i’m super disappointed with who he has become)

but it’s simply untrue that he’s not an engineer and didn’t (quite literally) get things off the ground in the early days

I used to have a positive opinion of elon based on stuff like that.. but.. opinions can change when someone acts like him did in the recent years..

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simultaneously: he also deserves credit for being a dumb cunt

totally agree. He gets so much undeserved hate, people don't realize he's not only a great businessman but also a brilliant engineer. He's way more involved in the technical / engineering side of things than most CEOs

i get that elon played a huge role in getting falcon 1 into orbit, and that’s definitely an impressive feat but It’s a team effort, and everyone involved deserves recognition for their contributions to it