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Originally Posted by oldpotatoe
This is hilarious..my, how the wind changes. Not too long ago Elon was a whipping boy, now he's an example of 'true' civilian space flight and the other 2 "B" guys are just amateur pickers..  |
Elon didn't change. He's got the best rockets because he bought the best rocket company. He must mostly leave them alone, although it's not like there are a lot of alternative companies to work for if makes some of his important rocket scientists mad.
When I was in the Air Force in the early '90s, there was a IMA reservist that would come in and mindlessly change the engineering drawings on weekends. The rocket company he worked for strongly urged him to invest his salary and he was buying $60k/yr of stock in that same company on top of that. I always wonder if one of these billionaires made it worth his time or if he lost all that.