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I'll watch this later when I have enough time. But its important to note that Elon Musk's aura of invincibility / charity has been pierced, and now big-name talk shows like John Oliver feel safe to actually talk about Musk's issues now.

I certainly don't always agree with John Oliver, but this is a huge step forward for the mainstream media to finally start recognizing the Musk problem.

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[–] drdabbles 15 points 1 year ago (16 children)

This segment was sort of a let down, because the same lies about reusable rockets were repeated without researching them apparently. Some of musk's most agreed upon accomplishments were achieved 30-40 years ago, but people on TV can't help but give him the accolades.

Also not much digging into the Starlink for Ukraine debacle, or the fact that he didn't actually donate all that hardware, didn't donate the service, and it wasn't being used in nearly the capacity initially reported because the people receiving the units were happy to bullshit for him as long as they got gear to use.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (13 children)

the same lies about reusable rockets

What are the lies here? Cause, I tell you what, those rockets sure seem reusable

[–] drdabbles 6 points 1 year ago (12 children)

He didn't create the first reusable rockets, his company didn't pioneer reusable rockets, and yet the lie keeps being repeated.

[–] darganon 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The piece starts with saying that SpaceX just streamlined old NASA technology, that seems to cover your specific complaint here. Did you watch it?

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