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Sorry for sounding like such a fanboy, but during my 40 years on this earth, I have never been more impressed with a human being. The guy is pushing the envelope on perhaps the most difficult engineering/technological endeavor ever attempted by a private company - and he's making it look cool and futuristic. As if that wasn't enough, he's doing this in two different industries simultaneously. I'm not saying he can do…
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Sorry for sounding like such a fanboy, but during my 40 years on this earth, I have never been more impressed with a human being. The guy is pushing the envelope on perhaps the most difficult engineering/technological endeavor ever attempted by a private company - and he's making it look cool and futuristic. As if that wasn't enough, he's doing this in two different industries simultaneously. I'm not saying he can do…
That's why you're a fanboy. Nobody is perfect, and Elon Musk likes to make fun of the competition quite publicly when they have an issue, while ignoring his project's own failures.
It is hard to even discuss the man on HN as anything that could even be taken as critical gets downmoded or flagged. Just look at yesterday's hyperloop discussions, nobody could say anything critical without being very actively attacked. By the way make sure "show dead" is turned on to see the full discussion.
Honestly his track record is very impressive indeed. His aspirations are also impressive. However his fans are insufferable as is HN's general attitude about the man. When someone is treated as if they're beyond reproach and their ideas are also, you're just asking to get led down the garden path.
The hyperhoop concept in particular is pretty bad, and the white paper leaves more questions than it does answers. The cost is too high and the value too low Vs. normal high speed trains (e.g. Japan). Plus there are massive safety issues surrounding it (as you can see from the thread yesterday, that were largely just ignored and downmodded).
Overall I'll be happy when people start acting rationally around the guy again. Currently I feel like I at a One Direction concert surrounding by a bunch of screaming teenage girls (on HN in particular).
PS - I wouldn't dream of criticising this rocket failure. Rockets are hard, the last 80 years have proven that again and again.
Wow, what an amazing feat to come this close. To think just ~100 years ago humans took flight for the first time. Now we are able to launch a rocket in orbit, then fly the first stage to land on a small platform floating in the middle of the ocean.
> Now we are able to launch a rocket in orbit, then fly the first stage to land on a small platform floating in the middle of the ocean. You know we landed on the moon, right? I mean, this is cool, but from a sheer "fascinating achievement" standpoint, this is at least a few notches behind that.
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Grab a pushpin.
Start counting paces away from the post.
Stop when you're about four city blocks away.
Start running full speed towards the post.
Hurl the pin at the post as hard as you can when you're three city blocks away.
Pin glances off of one corner of the cardboard square.
Crowd yells, "epic fail!"
Sorry for sounding like such a fanboy, but during my 40 years on this earth, I have never been more impressed with a human being. The guy is pushing the envelope on perhaps the most difficult engineering/technological endeavor ever attempted by a private company - and he's making it look cool and futuristic. As if that wasn't enough, he's doing this in two different industries simultaneously. I'm not saying he can do…
http://www.solarcity.com/company/team
(He appears 2/3 down the page)
Sorry for sounding like such a fanboy, but during my 40 years on this earth, I have never been more impressed with a human being. The guy is pushing the envelope on perhaps the most difficult engineering/technological endeavor ever attempted by a private company - and he's making it look cool and futuristic. As if that wasn't enough, he's doing this in two different industries simultaneously. I'm not saying he can do…
> I'm not saying he can do no wrong, but I'm just flabbergasted that there are still so many armchair critics and naysayers when it comes to Elon Musk. That's why you're a fanboy. Nobody is perfect, and Elon Musk likes to make fun of the competition quite publicly when they have an issue, while ignoring his project's own failures. It is hard to even discuss the man on HN as anything that could even be taken as critic…
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Elon Musk is the Tesla and Steve Jobs of our generation.
Wouldn't compare him to Steve Jobs. Musk is actually a philanthropist.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/24/laurene-powell-jobs...