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Not sure he really cares about the country - but I guess you can be glad.
He cares about freedom and the spark of consciousness, of which he requires a foundation of a strong and free country; maybe you're being perfectionistic, e.g. The Selfish Gene?
> e.g. The Selfish Gene?
The main thesis of The Selfish Gene is that evolution is best explained by a gene-centered model, rather than an organism or species model. I'm confused what that has to do with not being a perfectionist about Musk.
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He's always been all-in on the winning candidate. His whole business is getting government subsidies. His single principle is sucking up to people in power. He loved Obama when he was in power, too. Proud to say I've found that asshole annoying since WAY before it was cool.
SpaceX did get government contracts, but not subsidies, and saved NASA and US Taxpayers lots of money.
SpaceX's contracts were absolutely subsidies - the contracted Falcon 1 tests and the resulting Falcon 9 contracts were an expensive moonshot for the USG at first - but even if you discount them, Tesla absolutely hoovered up subsidies like the EV tax credits.
They even have a page about them: https://www.tesla.com/support/incentives
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Detonating something in orbit could trigger Kessler's Syndrome.
> Detonating something in orbit could trigger Kessler's Syndrome Unlikely in general, no at LEO and definitely not at the suborbital velocities IFT-6 contemplates.
LEO is the exact place you need to be careful. Higher orbits have more space and have fewer satellites overall so it's less of a concern.
Obviously not a problem for IFT6 since it's sub-orbital, but the original comment was about why we need a deorbit burn rather than just triggering the flight abort system.
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Err he's South African, probably shouldn't even be in the US if judged by the same standards as any other immigrant, Cybercab is a shit show and the campaign support was the sort of thing we'd expect from a Russian oligarch. If you're going to give anyone credit, the thousands of SpaceX staff who keep this thing on the rails are who need some love. Edit: so by the downvotes I would assume that people are happy to vio…
> the sort of thing we'd expect from a Russian oligarch Well, Trump aspires to be America's Putin, so that checks out...
Well exactly. It's not exactly as if there aren't enough well defined archetypes, methodologies and historical outcomes that fit this.
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He cares about freedom and the spark of consciousness, of which he requires a foundation of a strong and free country; maybe you're being perfectionistic, e.g. The Selfish Gene?
Maybe it's time for you to turn off your screen, go outside and touch some grass. Musk is an egotistical megalomaniac. To even think of his ego in any positive light makes the problem with you. Calling someone a pedophile because they wouldn't use his submarine is just an example.
That warped mine is responsible for an enormous amount of innovation. Wish we had more, similarly warped minds.
> Calling someone a pedophile is just one example
This clearly outweighs his efforts to bring the electric vehicle, space, and humanoid robotics revolutions.
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Yes, a pure and full-blooded Dutch English Canadian American hero.