To the Moon: Elon Musk's High-Powered Visions

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Post by fjabre » Tue, Sep 15, 2009, 2:37 AM UTC

To the Moon: Elon Musk's High-Powered Visions
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Post by reasonattlm » Tue, Sep 15, 2009, 3:33 AM UTC

So the Ellison Medical Foundation isn't on your radar I take it?

http://www.ellisonfoundation.org/adsp.jsp?key=01misstmnt

Admittedly I don't agree with their approach - very staid, very stuck in the NIA approach that hasn't done a great deal to advance longevity science - but you can't say Ellison isn't putting money towards grand goals.

Re: To the Moon: Elon Musk's High-Powered Visions

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Post by californiaguy2 » Tue, Sep 15, 2009, 3:47 AM UTC

I think I admire Ellison more.

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Post by fuzzmeister » Tue, Sep 15, 2009, 3:47 AM UTC

As a 19 year old budding entrepreneur, I can say this without reservation: I want to grow up to be Elon Musk.

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Post by 8plot » Tue, Sep 15, 2009, 4:59 AM UTC

fuzzmeister wrote: post #4

As a 19 year old budding entrepreneur, I can say this without reservation: I want to grow up to be Elon Musk.

Elon Musk, or John Carmack.

Re: To the Moon: Elon Musk's High-Powered Visions

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Post by sielskr » Tue, Sep 15, 2009, 5:09 AM UTC

reasonattlm wrote: post #2

So the Ellison Medical Foundation isn't on your radar I take it? http://www.ellisonfoundation.org/adsp.jsp?key=01misstmnt Admittedly I don't agree with their approach - very staid, very stuck in the NIA approach that hasn't done a great deal to advance longevity science - but you can't say Ellison isn't putting money towards grand goals.

by "NIA" the parent of this comment means the National Institute of Aging.

Re: To the Moon: Elon Musk's High-Powered Visions

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Post by n8agrin » Tue, Sep 15, 2009, 5:46 AM UTC

As SpaceX's chief technology officer, Musk helped design the company's rockets. As Tesla's CEO and product architect, he stepped in to overhaul the car design...

Holy poo! That is impressive by any measure. I can't tell you how many business types have approached me with ideas that "should be trivial" only to find out they have no cs or programming background. Wish there were more leaders with his willingness to get their hands dirty.

Re: To the Moon: Elon Musk's High-Powered Visions

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Post by callmeed » Tue, Sep 15, 2009, 6:19 AM UTC

Musk has spacecraft ... Ellison has a MIG-29 ... it's a tough call

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Post by gojomo » Tue, Sep 15, 2009, 6:23 AM UTC

Please don't editorialize in headlines.

(EDIT: Thanks for correcting. Original headline was roughly: "Guess who we should admire -- it's not Larry Ellison".)

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Post by gaius » Tue, Sep 15, 2009, 6:29 AM UTC

gojomo wrote: post #9

Please don't editorialize in headlines. (EDIT: Thanks for correcting. Original headline was roughly: "Guess who we should admire -- it's not Larry Ellison".)

Agreed. Larry isn't even mentioned in that article.