Of course he was always a jerk, but I still think of a reality where Elon never went (officially) Nazi and just stuck with his otherwise important companies. Tesla being an important early mover in EVs, especially in such an oil-dependent country, and all the cool stuff SpaceX has been up to.
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Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 months agoThis is the thing, NASA is underfunded as it is, if we nationalized SpaceX, we wouldn’t actually continue to fund it appropriately and it would simply die. It would be an awful shame for the space industry and for humanity’s future in space.
I hate musk as much as the next guy, but I think the success of spaceX is undeniable. Their success with reusable rockets is not just impressive, it’s ground breaking and important. Developing a fully reusable rocket is probably the most important challenge humans are working on in this era, and I only know of three companies attempting to do it.
KumaSudosa@feddit.dk 2 months ago
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I hear you, why can’t we be in that timeline?
lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You guys are so stuck in the cult of personality. WE PAID FOR EVERYTHING SPACEX DID. IT BELONGS TO US.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not to mention that Musk himself contributed nothing to SpaceX’s technical achievements. All he did was insist that the audio of their launches and recoveries include employees cheering maniacally - easily the most annoying aspect of SpaceX.
cole@lemdro.id 2 months ago
I’m sorry… you don’t think employees who are achieving world firsts are allowed to celebrate?
You must be fun at parties
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This meme is even more annoying than SpaceX employees being ordered to cheer.
Marand@feddit.dk 2 months ago
You paid for services rendered. By your logic you should eventually own your neighborhood grocery store because that’s where you buy your bread.
tyler@programming.dev 2 months ago
You’re talking to someone on lemmy, there’s a very high likelihood they think exactly that.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Let’s say I bought you a car, I paid for it in full and then gave it to you, and I’m return you sometimes drive me around.
Let’s say I get tired of this arrangement, should I repossess the car just to drive it into the ocean? What would be the point of that? Sure, it’s rightfully mine, but what good does it do to destroy it?
Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Us? Do you own NASA? Do you have any say on how funds are assigned to NASA? No? Then it doesn’t belong to “Us” it belongs to the government, a distinct organization with different goals and motivations than “Us” the people.