←back to thread

404 points voxleone | 5 comments | | HN request time: 0s | source
Show context
cladopa ◴[] No.45660311[source]
Oh yeah. Replace the stainless steel by carbon fibre, give it to your pals of Boing and instead of being ready in 2030 for 2.3 billion it will be ready in 2050 for 50 billion.

Much better for making your friends rich.

replies(6): >>45660336 #>>45660615 #>>45661799 #>>45661926 #>>45662413 #>>45663135 #
ActorNightly ◴[] No.45660615[source]
Space X isn't much better. Its still Musks company.
replies(2): >>45661695 #>>45661861 #
qwerpy ◴[] No.45661861[source]
So, the company gets things done but the CEO is unpopular with certain crowds. Seems better than Boeing, which is bad at getting things done. At least their CEO is inoffensive, and that’s what is important?
replies(3): >>45664410 #>>45665082 #>>45667629 #
llbeansandrice ◴[] No.45664410[source]
“Unpopular” is a weird way to frame “is a Nazi”.
replies(1): >>45665576 #
boxed ◴[] No.45665576[source]
I mean.. Werner von Braun wasn't just "sort of a Nazi if you squint real hard", but an ACTUAL Nazi. At some point you need to focus on getting the job done, and not on purity tests and struggle sessions. THAT is why the US once got to the moon, while China starved 40 million of its own people, and the Soviet Union collapsed.
replies(2): >>45672389 #>>45678674 #
1. ActorNightly ◴[] No.45672389[source]
There is a difference between being an engineer, and being useful despite your shit views, versus being what Musk is currently.
replies(1): >>45674298 #
2. boxed ◴[] No.45674298[source]
Everyone keeps saying Musk is just handwaving and not an engineer. Why can't we make the same argument about von Braun? The proof is always handwaving, so I don't see how it's different.
replies(1): >>45675663 #
3. ActorNightly ◴[] No.45675663[source]
Because if you were to go back in time and ask Von Braun actual technical questions about aerospace things, he would tell you an engineering answer. T

If you were to ask Musk technical questions, he would make up shit like he has done hundreds of times in the interviews.

replies(1): >>45679643 #
4. boxed ◴[] No.45679643{3}[source]
You haven't watched the interview on Everyday Astronaut I see. You should go watch it.
replies(1): >>45685185 #
5. ActorNightly ◴[] No.45685185{4}[source]
I don't need to go watch it. Every single time this comes up, its really easy to see that he has no idea what he is talking about, or at best, he just echoing what he has been told.