Would Musk’s untimely death, thought to be associated with the billion dollars worth of ketamine he bought last weekend off some dude on Craigslist, positively affect SpaceX? It might.
Though it seems like his attention being on Twitter has been good for SpaceX, less of his focus seems to mean fewer bad decisions overall. None of his attention could be a solid improvement
One can see Elon’s influence on the product. The router/switch/wap combo box is a trapezoidal prism that plugs in on the bottom because that’s the only right angle mounting point. It even has a neat voyager looking emblem that looks like it’s supposed to light up and be a constant nuisance, but doesn’t. I think the dish would be curved and lower performance if the project had held Elon’s attention.
But, from a technical perspective there’s little to complain about. The service fires up for the first time in about five minutes. It works anywhere I can get a small patch of sky and doesn’t object when I load the connection to sail the open seas.
I’ve two complaints: It runs on DC but lacks a DC power connection, meaning I eat the loss on AC-to-DC conversion and bypass the benefit of my DC rectifier. And, the mounting pole doesn’t fold all the way back, greatly increasing the required storage space. Both complaints are common a large customer segment: vehicle dwellers.
Fucker refers to the piping on the outside of SpaceX rockets as “the fiddly bits”. Not only does he not do any of the engineering, it appears that it can’t even be explained to him.
Hard to say. On the one hand, removing the constant distractions created by his idiotic antics would be beneficial. On the other hand SpaceX would become just another profit oriented corporation and the pace of innovation would slow down to industry standard, i.e. very slow.
serious question: will it negatively impact spacex if he gone?
I was surprised to learn he bequeathed the company to his estranged daughter Vivian Wilson. Somehow I feel it’s actually in better hands now
I’d feel better if it were in the hands of Raine Wilson.
I’d feel better if it were in the hands of Owen Wilson.
How about Wade Wilson?
No, but maybe Rebel Wilson.
She’s British. No deal. This is a job for Woodrow Wilson.
If we’re limiting ourselves to Americans, there’s one woman for the job and her name is Mara Wilson.
Deal, but only if Tim “the toolman” Taylors mysterious neighbor comes with to observe and give advise.
Wow
Would Musk’s untimely death, thought to be associated with the billion dollars worth of ketamine he bought last weekend off some dude on Craigslist, positively affect SpaceX? It might.
Though it seems like his attention being on Twitter has been good for SpaceX, less of his focus seems to mean fewer bad decisions overall. None of his attention could be a solid improvement
Probably not. Musk does none of the engineering and gwynne shotwell actually runs the company (and does it well).
Starlink brings in truckloads of money, and Falcon 9 is dirt cheap to launch compared to every other rocket on the market today.
There’s likely not much that musk adds to the company other than baggage at this point.
One can see Elon’s influence on the product. The router/switch/wap combo box is a trapezoidal prism that plugs in on the bottom because that’s the only right angle mounting point. It even has a neat voyager looking emblem that looks like it’s supposed to light up and be a constant nuisance, but doesn’t. I think the dish would be curved and lower performance if the project had held Elon’s attention.
But, from a technical perspective there’s little to complain about. The service fires up for the first time in about five minutes. It works anywhere I can get a small patch of sky and doesn’t object when I load the connection to sail the open seas.
I’ve two complaints: It runs on DC but lacks a DC power connection, meaning I eat the loss on AC-to-DC conversion and bypass the benefit of my DC rectifier. And, the mounting pole doesn’t fold all the way back, greatly increasing the required storage space. Both complaints are common a large customer segment: vehicle dwellers.
Fucker refers to the piping on the outside of SpaceX rockets as “the fiddly bits”. Not only does he not do any of the engineering, it appears that it can’t even be explained to him.
Don’t worry, they can still launch garbage into space without him
Hard to say. On the one hand, removing the constant distractions created by his idiotic antics would be beneficial. On the other hand SpaceX would become just another profit oriented corporation and the pace of innovation would slow down to industry standard, i.e. very slow.
No