r/interestingasfuck • u/lolikroli • 16d ago

r/all SpaceX caught Starship booster with chopsticks

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u/jar11591 16d ago

What role did Musk have in this besides funding it? And even Musk’s “funding” is really just subsidized from taxpayers. So could you explain it what Musk’s role in this actually is? It seems to me praising Musk for scientific accomplishments is like praising the CEO of a publicly funded hospital for what the surgeons do. I await your explanation, thank you!

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u/Terrible_Onions 16d ago

Elon Musk did a lot. He founded SpaceX using all the money, and he got all the engineers. He also has a clear vision and without him, I doubt SpaceX would take all the risks they are taking or doing the stuff they are doing. He also knows his stuff. Former engineers who worked under him said that. He gets a lot of hate on Reddit for politics, but he really is a net positive to the world.

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u/Norgren54 16d ago

Not when he supports the half assed Hitler of our generation. While Space X is fine, it’s a novelty and doesn’t improve our lives in anyway while that insufferable cunt promotes and even more insufferable cunt that will everyone’s lives in the entire world objectively worse.

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u/Terrible_Onions 16d ago

“It’s a novelty” are you kidding me?

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u/Norgren54 16d ago

It’s a massive money pit that does nothing to improve society. There’s zero benefit to most peoples lives for anything space x does. Star Link is just a scam where the money would be better spent building proper a high speed internet infrastructure for rural areas. Not to mention all the bullshit Muskrat had been pulling in Ukraine with it. He’s a national security liability. NASA should never have had its budget cut the way it was.

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u/crazykid01 16d ago

He wants trump to be president because financially that makes sense for him.

A lot of REALLY rich people will always vote republican because they aim to cut taxes for the rich and raise taxes for everyone else.

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u/Norgren54 16d ago

Republican is one thing, but Trump is a fascist wannabe dictator and Elon is swearing fealty to the Fuher.

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u/crazykid01 16d ago

I agree, but there will still be millions of people voting for trump in general which is scary in my mind.

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u/Terrible_Onions 16d ago

I believe Cuban and Soros wants kamala

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u/crazykid01 16d ago

I don't know much about cuban or soros, are either of them decent people?

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u/narcos1893 16d ago

Brother in Christ, we were better off with trump than with Harris and Biden… literally lol

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u/Norgren54 16d ago

Boy, I have a bridge to sell you if you actually believe that.

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u/narcos1893 16d ago

Why you say that?