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The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.
He never planned to improve transportation; he just wants to keep people trapped in cars.
https://newrepublic.com/article/174089/big-tech-watching-drive
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He isn’t a car engineer or a rocket engineer. He didn’t invent the practical electric car or the reusable rocket. He gave people money to develop those technologies- actually, in the case of Tesla, he bought in after the car was already designed.
Of course he didn’t do it himself, but according to people that actually worked closely with him, he’s not exactly stupid and actually knows quite a bit about both.
Why he’s behaving so stupidly and handling Twitter so badly, I have no idea - he’s really a jerk.
You can find videos with him discussing rocket engines in details - he’s spent years working together with a lot of brilliant car and rocket engineers. He (again, not alone, of course) somehow managed to build a successful car company and a successful Space company. Both things are by all accounts very difficult. Not likely to be done by a stupid person.
I fully agree he’s a jerk and I would never want to work for him, but that doesn’t mean he’s stupid or that I can’t be impressed by what SpaceX has achieved.
He isn’t a car engineer or a rocket engineer. He didn’t invent the practical electric car or the reusable rocket. He gave people money to develop those technologies- actually, in the case of Tesla, he bought in after the car was already designed.
He’s not an inventor, he’s an investor.
Of course he didn’t do it himself, but according to people that actually worked closely with him, he’s not exactly stupid and actually knows quite a bit about both.
Why he’s behaving so stupidly and handling Twitter so badly, I have no idea - he’s really a jerk.
That may or may not be true.
That I doubt. He has no formal training in either field and it’s not something you can just pick up.
You can find videos with him discussing rocket engines in details - he’s spent years working together with a lot of brilliant car and rocket engineers. He (again, not alone, of course) somehow managed to build a successful car company and a successful Space company. Both things are by all accounts very difficult. Not likely to be done by a stupid person.
I fully agree he’s a jerk and I would never want to work for him, but that doesn’t mean he’s stupid or that I can’t be impressed by what SpaceX has achieved.
I’m sure he’s very good at preparing for speeches.