Well, they won’t be able to do it before tomorrow’s flight.
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I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. This is inevitable whenever you alienate 1/2 the electorate, regardless of side.
I would’ve preferred Elon have stayed out of politics. The fair-haired golden boy of the left 7 years or so back is now public enemy #2 behind Trump. To what end? Sure he was facing some push-back earlier, mostly to do with a short-lived mile-high massage/sex scandal accusation during the #MeToo interval. He did the Trumpian maneuver there and paid her off. Don’t hear much of that anymore. I suppose, like Epstein/Blasey-Ford/E. Jean Carroll, it’ll remain always ready to rise from the grave.
But even so, he could have managed it, fairly easily. By turning SpaceX over to Shotwell completely (she’s largely already there), resigning from SpaceX and then getting hired back as an independent consultant completely in charge of new development programs.
Shotwell has already demonstrated the mechanics necessary to keep SpaceX focused on innovation rather than perception, which would have allowed this arrangement to work. I suppose the left could have called her an enabler, but then how do you square that with “always believe the woman?”
There is precedent in the tech industry for this. I refer to Seymour Cray’s various roles at Control Data Corporation, then Cray Research. In fact, it appears Elon is already largely working in this modus operandi within SpaceX.
There would also have been the pressure from DoW to keep birds flying. Even tho’ the new Congress appears eager to chop the military budget once again. Speaking of which, how’s your Mandarin?
Build out along coastal Red States I suppose is an option. A reliable one though? Texas used to be a solidly Red State…
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. This is inevitable whenever you alienate 1/2 the electorate, regardless of side.
I would’ve preferred Elon have stayed out of politics. The fair-haired golden boy of the left 7 years or so back is now public enemy #2 behind Trump. To what end? Sure he was facing some push-back earlier, mostly to do with a short-lived mile-high massage/sex scandal accusation during the #MeToo interval. He did the Trumpian maneuver there and paid her off. Don’t hear much of that anymore. I suppose, like Epstein/Blasey-Ford/E. Jean Carroll, it’ll remain always ready to rise from the grave.
But even so, he could have managed it, fairly easily. By turning SpaceX over to Shotwell completely (she’s largely already there), resigning from SpaceX and then getting hired back as an independent consultant completely in charge of new development programs.
Shotwell has already demonstrated the mechanics necessary to keep SpaceX focused on innovation rather than perception, which would have allowed this arrangement to work. I suppose the left could have called her an enabler, but then how do you square that with “always believe the woman?”
There is precedent in the tech industry for this. I refer to Seymour Cray’s various roles at Control Data Corporation, then Cray Research. In fact, it appears Elon is already largely working in this modus operandi within SpaceX.
There would also have been the pressure from DoW to keep birds flying. Even tho’ the new Congress appears eager to chop the military budget once again. Speaking of which, how’s your Mandarin?
Build out along coastal Red States I suppose is an option. A reliable one though? Texas used to be a solidly Red State…
There’s always Bezos’ outfit I suppose….