Comment on Elon Musk "We dug our own grave with 'FULL SELF DRIVING""
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoExcept about SpaceX, I’m not going to dig though the threads right now, but he’s been hilariously wrong about SpaceX in the past. Though not as bad as common sense skeptic though if I’m remembering right.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How is he wrong about SpaceX? As far as I can tell, he is spot on. If a NASA program had as many failures as SpaceX has, it would be closed down. And the economic claims Musk make for SpaceX are insane.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I think it was the comparisons to other launch vehicles that were very apples to oranges. But as I said, I’d rather not dig through the Reddit threads to find them. I think they were on SpaceX lounge a few years ago? Common sense skeptic commented, but I don’t think thunderfoot did.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Are you aware he is a chemist, and has worked in areas related. Not 1 in a thousand understand as well as he how a rocket actually works.
So my guess is that almost everybody else, myself included, who speak on those issues know less.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Yeah I know he’s a chemist. I’m an aerospace mech e. Some of the other people in the thread were engineers too. Anyway, it was just Wikipedia level incorrect information sort of stuff more than deduction of chemistry.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Jesus, man. Get off his D. You’re getting way over defensive of the guy.
ylph@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh boy! Do you mean kind of like Hyperloop and Full Autonomous driving?
I don’t, I just don’t believe the economic forecast Musk is claiming. Just like when he in 2019 claimed buying any other car than a Tesla would be stupid, because only Tesla would have full self driving next year.
ylph@lemmy.world 1 year ago