Since Elon Musk became Twitter’s CEO, he’s been pushing through a lot of changes to the social network. But perhaps…

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    1 year ago

    California had plans to build high speed rail. Elon Musk convinced them to fund his hyperloop project instead.

    Remember that recent SpaceX rocket that exploded on the launchpad? That pollutes the area and could have been predicted by any actual expert. It’s a waste of resources when the society needs them elsewhere.

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      1 year ago

      California had plans to build high speed rail. Elon Musk convinced them to fund his hyperloop project instead.

      So who’s fault is that? The people that decided to give elon musk the money. Why on earth would they go with a private company instead of building a public high speed rail? That story doesn’t make any sense.

      It’s a waste of resources when the society needs them elsewhere.

      What resources are wasted in SpaceX rockets that society would otherwise use elsewhere?

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      Remember that recent SpaceX rocket that exploded on the launchpad? That pollutes the area and could have been predicted by any actual expert.

      It did not explode on the launchpad. It exploded 4 minutes into flight, at an altitude of 39 kilometers.

      There was no “pollution” in the area. A bunch of pulverized concrete and sand got thrown around. They actually did expect the pad to be damaged by the launch, just not quite to that extent; they already knew they would need to rebuild it with a more robust design but figured it would survive one test launch so they delayed the planned renovations until after the launch.

      Even if it had exploded on the launch pad, it would not have polluted the area, Starship is fuelled with liquid oxygen and liquid methane. Whatever didn’t burn would have simply evaporated away.

      If you’re going to criticize Elon Musk or SpaceX you should use criticisms that are actually based on real facts, otherwise you end up hurting your position.