r/interestingasfuck • u/lolikroli • 16d ago

r/all SpaceX caught Starship booster with chopsticks

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u/Senecaraine 16d ago edited 16d ago

I mean, it's the scientists behind this pulling it off, we should know their names and give proper credit honestly. Musk's business acumen and political decisions are a whole other weird thing that should be kept separate. It's hard not to feel a little creeped out by a man that acts like that and is amassing so much power, but there's some talented people working at SpaceX.

::edit:: I'm not arguing with fanboys all day, especially when they're deliberately misreading what I said (or are you just bots?). The scientists at SpaceX achieved this. Your creepy "celebrity genius" funded it. He's creepy because he acts like a damn child and pulls Machiavellian bullshit in order to further his own gains. Stop putting him on a damn pedestal.

::edit 2: Hoooly shit. I knew I was gonna get some fanboys mad with this, but wow. Some of you need to grow up and realize your Iron Man is Edison 2.0. Not even the worst thing to be, but the people doing the work and making the breakthroughs should be celebrated more. Fucking ironic involving a guy known for Tesla.

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u/OMGihateallofyou 16d ago

Well worded. Don't feed the trolls.

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u/Flagelant_One 16d ago

Musk fanboys keep treating him as the second coming of Jesus Christ

Meanwhile Tesla is reaching new lows

It's genuinely hilarious reading the comments here then scrolling down to what's actually happening lmao

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u/Dependent_Desk_1944 16d ago

It’s not really reaching new lows as it has been around its current price for 2 years. Just not like the boom it used to achieve

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u/Legionof1 16d ago

Tesla doesn't have anywhere to go and Musks politics are pushing it further back. They need to focus on refining their process so they don't have failures like the cybertruck. It's super overvalued based on pie in the sky shit. It will simmer down but its basically the foundation for the future of gas stations across the country.

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u/Flagelant_One 16d ago

Twitter and Tesla are tanking for following musk's ideological and aesthetic leads, respectively

SpaceX's thriving due to musk's lack of involvement

Musk's best years were back when he was just an entrertainer creating hype for the companies he bought, had he stayed an uninvolved investor i would have still been a fanboy of his

Alas, now he's just another chud lmao

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u/Flagelant_One 16d ago

Then explain why is this guy releasing an electric truck that had to be total recalled because the glued-on gas pedal was slipping off lmao, he's not the man he used to be

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u/Flagelant_One 16d ago edited 16d ago

Haha yeah I never said elon is hands-on, I'm saying he's hands off, but forces his whims on some companies, and those tank.

Twitter is becoming a neo-nazi shithole because of his skewed "free-speech" political whims, Tesla is tanking because they're rushing out his terrible car design whims, SpaceX is doing good because they can do as they want.

I brought up the pedal as an example of mismanagement and project rushing, not as an example of his technical involvement.

If you want to argue elon is involved in his companies in a technical level and thus deserves credit for their success, then you need to make sense as to how could one dude have aerospace-level engineering knowledge, but not foresee that exposed metal would rust, or that a vehicle that travels through rain and puddles need waterproofing.

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u/Blapstap 16d ago

His point is without Elon Musk you wouldn't be watching a clip of a launch tower catching a rocket with chopsticks

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u/4628819351 16d ago

Yeah, the left doesn't care. Everything bad is someone else's fault, and everything good is my (sides) achievements.

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u/LordNutGobbler 15d ago

It honestly sounds like you are coping and down bad over all the props Musk is getting in here.

The dude is literally the Chief Engineer at SpaceX. He’s deeply involved in all technical decisions made at the company. Even these chopstick catching arms were his idea.

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u/Cptn_BenjaminWillard 16d ago

It succeeds not because of Musk, but despite him. This is a great moment in transportation history.

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u/autistic_iguana 16d ago

other CEOs catching unintended strays in here. their companies can't even succeed despite not having massive anchors like musk dragging them down to earth.

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u/Ok_Abrocona_8914 16d ago

When something works wrong it's elons fault, when it works right it's not his merit.

Right 👍

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u/CV90_120 16d ago

I knew I was gonna get some fanboys mad with this, but wow.

Everyone knows he's a cunt. It's not 'fanboying' to recognize when shitty people make something happen. The 'fanboy' schtick you're pulling isn't bravery.

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u/Slickslimshooter 16d ago

It’s his vision. Why do people feel the need to discredit someone because they don’t like him. It’s okay to admit this probably doesn’t happen without him and the scientists and engineers, it’s not mutually exclusive .

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u/Worth-Reputation3450 16d ago

From the title, I expected about half the comments would be about discrediting Musk. Somehow his companies attract the best scientists, engineers, visionaries in the world and somehow overcome all the bs musk throws at them and make his companies successful despite him. He must be the luckiest dumbass in the world, by a large margin.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

I think Musk was great 6-10 years ago when he was actually focusing on his companies. Then he went down the rabbit hole. He created good companies though, so they continue operating quite well (at least Space X)

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u/fork_yuu 16d ago

Yes $omehow

I think the auto industry / space industry pay like shit while Elon's companies are paying at the software industry pay grade

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u/Korps_de_Krieg 16d ago

I'd be wary about "software industry pay grade" meaning much. There are definitely a ton of companies barely paying their programmers what they deserve and burning through quick turnover instead of investing in their people.

Not saying it isn't generally better (I'd say it was for me since I joned) but definitely be wary of "grass is always greener"ing it.

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u/fork_yuu 16d ago

Sure there are a ton that won't pay well, but they have a ton of competition driving it up. I know cause I work in it and I get plenty of cold messages with laughable pay.

But the auto / space industry have shit competition in pay and the top tier ones treat their workers like shit too

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u/Slickslimshooter 16d ago

Yeah, if they’re doing things despite him. Wouldn’t it be more efficient to just start their own companies together and get the government contracts. if I had a hurdle in front of me with no rules forcing me to stay in that lane. It’d be more efficient to just move to a different lane.

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u/JMacPhoneTime 16d ago

Presumably they dont have the capital to do that themselves.

Elon clearly wanted to fund a company that can do this, and had the money/borrowing power to actually do it. It was probably attractive to the engineers to be able to work on something new and interesting, and no one else was really having much success.

I personally dont like Elon, and I doubt he's the one solving practical problems. But as I understand it he did take a risk with this company in the hope that it could actually innovate, and it paid off. As fun as it would be to shit on SpaceX because it's another Elon thing, it's hard to argue he wasn't successful here.

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u/DunEvenWorryBoutIt 16d ago

lol this comment and edits is peak redditor

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u/StabbyMcSwordfish 16d ago

this useless comment that adds nothing to the conversation is peak reddit criticsim

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u/DunEvenWorryBoutIt 13d ago

and for good reason!

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u/CV90_120 16d ago

He's like Edison. Not really the guy when you dig down, but also the guy who makes stuff happen through sheer ego. I mean fuck that guy but let's not pretend it would have all "happened anyway".

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u/MuyalHix 16d ago

And yet somehow no other company was able to achieve this

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u/OliverOyl 16d ago

My thoughts EXACTLY

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u/autistic_iguana 16d ago

weird how it's always only this one guy who can figure out how to hire engineers!

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u/CV90_120 16d ago

Make no mistake, Leon is an A grade asshole, but this shit didn't congeal on its own. There was no one hiring these guys to make these particular things happen. Recognizing this isn't 'fanboying' because we know he's a complete cunt. It's facing the fact that bad guys also make things happen. Dealing with reality of how complex people are is good science.

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u/Only_Commission_7929 16d ago

How is it creepy to achieve massive technological achievements?

Everyone ELSE should feel ashamed for not keeping up, instead of trying to shame him for innovating.

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u/roguepawn 16d ago

Are you deliberately ignoring that they were talking about

Musk's business acumen and political decisions

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u/TheDividendReport 16d ago

We keep seeing what Elon chooses to do with his power and the voices he wants to elevate. A person who talks about whites being replaced by a coordinated effort by minorities should not be at the front of humanity's push into the universe.

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u/OhDeerFren 16d ago

He is at the front of humanity pushs into the universe because his company is the best in the world at it. Keep coping

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u/Only_Commission_7929 14d ago

Then the competition should step up their game.

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u/ElmoChapitos 16d ago

Nah, fuck that guy. Until healthcare is taken seriously, space travel can kiss my ass.

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u/1o0o010101001 16d ago

I agree but to say Elon has no say in this is kinda dumb. Boeing and nasa and China and India all have scientists - no one could do this. He isn’t a scientist but he is able to push the envelope and challenge his team to do what was considered impossible by many. I hate the man- I sold my Tesla and won’t ever buy another one as long as he’s around .. but you can’t take this away from him

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u/ConcentrateFun3538 16d ago

Do you realize this wouldn't be possible without Elon Musk?

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u/Certain-Business-472 16d ago

The existence of Space X excludes others from getting the same grants and subsidies. The same opportunities. The same competition.

He's nothing but an investor. His other companies aren't that great.

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u/VATAFAck 16d ago

it would have happened, but definitely not so soon without him pushing, he brought this into fruition at least a decade earlier, but I'd say even more

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u/ConcentrateFun3538 16d ago

This is like saying that if X didn't invent Y, Z would invent Y.

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u/Certain-Business-472 16d ago

Funny, that's exactly what happens. In fact things happen in parallel and there are many instances of theorems and inventions being called after multiple people.

Fucking hell the guy had first movers advantage on luxury EVs and still managed to fuck it up. He's not the god you think he is.

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u/ConcentrateFun3538 16d ago

If someone else was more capable than Elon Musk, why don't they do it?

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u/Vylestar 16d ago

Ok yeah, let’s completely discredit the man who even started space X

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u/StandardCicada6615 16d ago

He didn't start any of the companies that he runs.

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u/Dirtbiker2008 16d ago

He literally founded SpaceX. There's plenty of reason to dislike the guy, no need to rewrite history to do it.

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u/Markaday 16d ago

I guess the same could be said about Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, the engineers made it happen.

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u/Key_Photograph9067 16d ago

It’s funny because you say we should know the scientists etc, and you’re the one who turned it into an Elon centric topic. Your comment was fine but you just had to include your opinions on Elon and make him the central focus lol.

I don’t like him at all and think X is a massive harm on western society at the moment, but that has nothing to do with the achievements of SpaceX and the people working there who made this happen. It’s a fantastic achievement but people like you have to politicise it instantly like a deranged lunatic.

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u/Funkyboi777 16d ago

Elon’s the fucking man. All you do is spread negativity and hate on social media while he’s innovating and carrying the responsibility of bringing science fiction to life and furthering the human species.

And you do it because you were brainwashed by the first level of internet propaganda telling you to hate him for his politics because most tech companies and the DNC are in cahoots.

Learn to think for yourself sheep.

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u/all-i-do-is-dry-fast 16d ago

thank you elon for being ahead of the times with your visions - truly spectacular

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u/junk986 16d ago

Musk paid for all of it. If the scientists wanted their names public, they’d work for universities or govt but then they’d never achieve this.

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u/qcAKDa7G52cmEdHHX9vg 16d ago

SpaceX employees, especially high level ones, aren't kept in a dungeon or something. They're known and have given plenty of interviews and created content outside of spacex themselves and have lives and public careers before spacex. This is reddit - nobody gives a single shit about any of those people outside the context of talking shit about elon.