Hyperloop and other stuff by Elon Musk

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I don't think he has the knowledge to personally completely develop and build these things (he's a mere mortal after all). He made a bunch of money with PayPal etc  and then had the brilliant vision to build great teams to work on these projects. I don't want to diminish the accomplishments of his companies, but the Musk worship is a bit much at times.
It really must suck to be a developer or engineer at his companies, and when you accomplish something cool, the crowd automatically sings "praise the magical Elon, bringer of the cargo!". People watch too much Iron Man.

Musk is a well known micro-manager and all around sharp guy.  By all accounts, he's more involved and knowledgeable regarding the development and production ends than most ceos...but, ultimately, there isn't a single human being alive who knows how to build everything that goes into something as simple as a mouse (a strange but not often recognized fact of modern life), let alone a rocket.

The hero worship sells shitty electric cars that won;t do what they say they can do...operationally, economically, or environmentally, yet....and -that's- what counts, that's the scorecard for a guy with musks job, lol.  In that context...he's clearly a hero.  

He sells vehicles that people proudly have signs in the back window (seen on the 405 FWY when I was a soulless aerospace worker...well, still soulless... that said, "If you use gasoline, you support wars in other countries and massive pollution.". That doesn't account for the fact that the electricity this numpty uses comes from some coal burning power plant in Colorado (as a for instance- my real point is that the carbon emissions have only had their generation point moved). Elon Musk and his employees have done some amazing things. Landing a rocket back on the launch pad has me standing in awe, knowing what that really takes, in terms of engineering capability.

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OK, that last paragraph is mine, but I'll be switched if I can find where Rhythm's "end quote" is.   Operator error, I take full credit/blame.