I’ve said this before, but I don’t know if I’ve said this here. I understand why people dislike Elon Musk, and he does display all the classic signs of a mountebank or charlatan… save one: he actually produces the product. It is genuinely a big deal to go from ‘rocket go boom’ to ‘hey, our EVA suits and tethers work in orbit‘ in less than twenty years. And, to be blunt about it: pretending otherwise merely makes people look like tedious dolts.
It has been 18 years since the first Falcon flight of Falcon 1 failed pic.twitter.com/Ha6ynd8cry
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 16, 2024