why do people care more about Elon Musk's character flaws than his work with SpaceX?

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why do people care more about Elon Musk's character flaws than his work with SpaceX?

[Caldari Ghost]

Publicado originalmente por Donut:

Being a backstabber is no character flaw, it’s almost felony.

Compared to how he is benefitting humanity that's nothing. Worthwhile tradeoff

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what SpaceX is doing is what matters most, so I'll take it.

That's the point. If what a company is doing is so important, then people take an interest in the mindsets of those running the show.

Different kind of important. If SpaceX fails the worst that happens is that its competitors fail and nobody tries again, which is unlikely. Not the same as being in charge of for example getting a water treatment plant up and running for a city or a power station. Or building a dam.

Unless you mean in terms of competence, in which case Elon has already proven himself.

[Bagel]

Publicado originalmente por Caldari Ghost:

Publicado originalmente por Donut:

Being a backstabber is no character flaw, it’s almost felony.

Compared to how he is benefitting humanity that's nothing. Worthwhile tradeoff

Like how has he been beneficial to humanity?

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Publicado originalmente por Caldari Ghost:

Compared to how he is benefitting humanity that's nothing. Worthwhile tradeoff

Like how has he been beneficial to humanity?

is vs has

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That's the point. If what a company is doing is so important, then people take an interest in the mindsets of those running the show.

Different kind of important. If SpaceX fails the worst that happens is that its competitors fail and nobody tries again, which is unlikely. Not the same as being in charge of for example getting a water treatment plant up and running for a city or a power station. Or building a dam.

If you think the only concern is "failure" when you're considering orbital logistics and satellite arrays, then maybe you haven't thought this through.

[Caldari Ghost]

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Different kind of important. If SpaceX fails the worst that happens is that its competitors fail and nobody tries again, which is unlikely. Not the same as being in charge of for example getting a water treatment plant up and running for a city or a power station. Or building a dam.

If you think the only concern is "failure" when you're considering orbital logistics and satellite arrays, then maybe you haven't thought this through.

You're not thinking far enough

[smokerob79]

Publicado originalmente por Caldari Ghost:

why do people care more about Elon Musk's character flaws than his work with SpaceX?

first off saying he does anything at space X other then owing is beyond funny....the man is a rich simpleton

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If you think the only concern is "failure" when you're considering orbital logistics and satellite arrays, then maybe you haven't thought this through.

You're not thinking far enough

Far enough for what?

Your question was about why people worry about Musk's personality.

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Because in recent years that is mostly what you can see from him.
Back when he was known mostly for spacex, tesla and maybe paypal only people interested in space flight knew about him.
His own media presence was all about that.
Today he rarely engages with that stuff. Most of his public motivations are political.

Im a huge space nerd, I wouldnt call myself a fan of space ex, but I followed its development very closely long before starship even was on a paper.
It was a nicer time. I cant stand Elon today, he either went insane or was all along. But back in the we just didnt see. He was fully focues on doing space x and tesla.

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You're not thinking far enough

Far enough for what?

Your question was about why people worry about Musk's personality.

and lack of long term foresight is the conclusion I am reaching based on peoples responses.

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Far enough for what?

Your question was about why people worry about Musk's personality.

and lack of long term foresight is the conclusion I am reaching based on peoples responses.

You said the worst that happens is they fail at [whatever you think they're doing] and I said people worry about [whatever it is they think they're doing]. You haven't made a point of any kind except that you don't understand people.

[Caldari Ghost]

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and lack of long term foresight is the conclusion I am reaching based on peoples responses.

You said the worst that happens is they fail at [whatever you think they're doing] and I said people worry about [whatever it is they think they're doing]. You haven't made a point of any kind except that you don't understand people.

Well I freely admit that I don't understand people yes LOL

[oldirty`]

Artemis, let alone the people behind it are much less known and there are most likely a few people with character flaws or weird politcal views, but they dont go public whhich is why all we can talk about there is the artemis program. Alot of people probably dont even know, Artemis IS currently the strongest rocket. Its first test was a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ trip to the moon. Meanwhile elon blows up rocket after rocket and everybody talks about it.

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They’re not failing. Quit reading the media, used ev sales are at the highest right now. You can get excellent cars at a fraction of the cost of them new.

This. There are many choices now. That are better than Tesla. Tesla has fallen behind.

I don’t think Tesla has fallen behind I still think they have one of the best electric cars for the price.

I just bought a 2020 model 3 45k miles for $19,500 (after 5000 credit)
Still has 4 years of battery warranty left and 1 year of bumper to bumper.

I tried really hard to find a similar car for the same price but couldn’t. Now better options at a higher price? Maybe but not for under 20 grand

[HermitTheToad]

Publicado originalmente por Caldari Ghost:

why do people care more about Elon Musk's character flaws than his work with SpaceX?

Because its easy to be nitpicky, rather than look at the whole picture.