Like the rocket stuff? What are you talking about exactly. The electric car businesses?

Hyperloop too

I found this to be an interesting read. Not saying I necessarily endorse the entirety of it, but it is worth considering.

http://mileswmathis.com/musk.pdf

Agreed, somethings are interesting, but very obvious the author has no concept of how business or science works. He really lost me at the end when talking about the falcon heavy rockets landing. “Rockets don’t land like that, it was a take off reversed.” Well that’s where you’re wrong there buckaroo. Rockets DO land like that, it’s a result of technology. Anyway, some interesting points thrown in.

I think he intentionally veers back and forth between the sublime and ridiculous as some kinda psychological strategy

First paragraph, "Elon founded solar City". Factually wrong. He bought them.

What a pile of shit. Littered with factual errors and absolutely moronic statements.

Correction; he's a hologram.

Why a hologram?

We're pretty certain you are too. We've got our holographic eyes on you...

Green technology was on the 1951 inventions secrets act until recently meaning you couldn't minimize its

There was a thread awhile back with someone asking if Elon was legit or not and mentioned he also mentioned Tony Stark. I'll repeat my response again here.

SpaceX is a fraud just like NASA. They are supposed to be the "Independent private sector" space agency but they get $ billions from the tax payers and are closer to a Hollywood agency than a space agency.

So long story short, to me Elon is just the spokesperson pawn playing the role of the "Iron Man" type character.

I see all over the place, not sure if astroturf or idiocy, that people want this guy president. He'll be the billionaire Tony Stark or Batman to "save us," and a perfect spokesman puppet for god knows who. "Help us, Musky 2020!"

SpaceX doesn't just "get" billions of $ from tax payers, SpaceX provides a service to NASA by launching their equipment and soon people to ISS.

They are paid because they won the contract for these services - and importantly was and is far cheaper than other aerospace companies for these services - thus have actually saved US taxpayers money compared to competitors.

While SpaceX was about to go under if not for the original COTS program award by NASA, the majority of their current funding is from launching services for private telecommunication companies, in addition to national security, and NASA missions.

Far as the original OP, you clearly haven't been following SpaceX/Musk all that long to see the progression as it happened (with many setbacks) and only basing your view in hindsight of your ignorance.

If there is anyone who is a spook its fucking Mr. CIA Bezos with Blue Origin. Or any of the other aerospace companies (like ULA which is a Lockheed/Boeing - aka deep military complex - company and was raping US taxpayers for years on ballooning costs.

SpaceX provides a service to NASA by launching their equipment

Lol, Yes that is what they tell you

and soon people to ISS.

Sounds legit. Apparently you have never researched just how fake "people on the ISS" are. It's literally a joke to believe people are living on the ISS going around earth at 17,000mph.

thus have actually saved US taxpayers money compared to competitors.

Lol "saved taxpayers money"?? Do you realize how dumb that sounds? How is faking sending stuff to space saving anyone money? I think you are missing the point. Space X is a fraud just like NASA. They are not sending anything to space so they are not saving taxpayer money, they are stealing it.

you clearly haven't been following SpaceX/Musk all that long to see the progression as it happened (with many setbacks) and only basing your view in hindsight of your ignorance.

You are the one that has blind trust in them. You don't even care how bad the CGI is you still trust them without question. This latest "car in space" stunt was so ridicules even Elon publicly said "you know it is real because it looks so fake" Lol and you believe him because "Elon would never lie to us".

You know you can get a telescope and see the iss clearly?

So seeing something in the sky that you perceive as the "iss" proves people are living inside that object? I'm sorry but that is poor logic. You have no idea what the object is you are seeing, how far away it is, the size of it or if it is even a solid object at all.

All that being said I really doubt that you personally have "clearly" seen the "iss" through a telescope. If so did you photograph it because most of the ones I see look very fake.

Sigh.

Here’s an upvote for making a solid point

NASA is just as fake as Fake-X. It's just funneling taxpayer money to another scam.

You know, syphilis is a curable condition and you should get that looked at.

"Puppet" isn't exactly how I would describe him, more accurate would be MilesWMathis' descriptor "another intel project" or something like "one of their nephews".

Anyone have a link to that rather weird interview he did not too long ago about how man and technology will have to merge? He said they simply don't yet have the "bandwidth" yet... Nevermind, found it. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/13/elon-musk-humans-merge-machines-cyborg-artificial-intelligence-robots.html

That's how tptb do things and have done things for many centuries, the ones in power have front men they back and manufacture a witty story about their brilliant works while it is all a facade to get the information that "they" want the masses to believe out in the public consciousness.

OK, for argument's sake let's assume that's true.

Now my question is, why?

OP must be a flat-earther...or he's on crack.

of course; Everyone wants Iron Man and wont look into it too much

Many People are questioning and catching on to Nasa’s lies so they created space x.

Seems legit.

I am personally annoyed with Musk personality cult and huge PR in mass media. He is just a fucking businessman. He just makes money. Why we should hail him?

Alternatively, he's a perfect example of how to overcome government corruption/tptb through technological revolutions...and the start example of how we need to have a revolution in science to win the battle against oppression.

What is his evil agenda? Electric cars, space travel, and decentralized power grids? Seems pretty much like the ultimate populace movement to me...he's battling guys like Warren Buffett in Las Vegas to create a rooftop solar revolution...where's the conspiracy?

He's getting where he is because his tech out-competes conventional tech in our capitalist System...he can do what NASA etc want to do at a much lower cost, that's why he gets so much funding.

He can't be president because hes not born here. He's leading the discussion/research efforts about the dangers of AI, and hes undeniably improving our science base in this country. What about him seems evil?

Instead of pontificating about him being part of the problem, maybe you should realize his career is a model for what we need in this country: better science education for young Americans. If there were more musk's out there, maybe oil and gas companies wouldn't have a monopoly on engineering in higher education and maybe we would have more disruptive technology to put the oil-ogarchs out of business.

he can do what NASA etc want to do at a much lower cost

I use a free program called Paint.NET so my costs are lower than NASA/Musk.

here is a good sub to check

r/EnoughMuskSpam/

TIL Vince McMahon is with 2bn. Wow