r/dankmemes Jan 08 '21

I am probably an intellectual or something Oh No! Anyway.

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u/The_Great_Pun_King Jan 08 '21

Ehm no, he hasn't done good things. He's done things that make him look good. Tesla was not founded by him, there's a lot of other electric cars already, he fucks over his own employees, even his assistants. I'm also not really a fan of him commercializing space travel.

There's more, Behind the Basterds had a good episode on him

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u/jmos_81 Jan 08 '21

Why not commercialize space travel? Besides that would come after getting to Mars anyway which is priority number 1 at spacex

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u/The_Great_Pun_King Jan 08 '21

Well that's what the company says is priority number 1, but since when do we trust companies on their word? I think the issue mostly is that space travel is mostly a scientific effort and not much beyond that (for now at least). Making space travel more accessible doesn't really solve any problems on Earth, it's only a "cool" and interesting endeavour. To me Musk could do much better things on Earth instead of finding ways to go off Earth

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u/jmos_81 Jan 08 '21

You really ought to investigate the NASA spin off technologies to see ways that space technology impacts our daily lives. Also if we wait to fix the problems on earth then we will never go. Also former and current employees have been interviewed have all said that a factor in their decisions is if this gets them to Mars faster.