Elon Musk is a once-in-a-generation--or perhaps century--genius. He has pushed humanity forward more than any person in two generations.
He is an extraordinary entrepreneur, engineer, and leader of passionate people. He has built a successful car company using a technology that nobody had ever made practical. He bet it all to create SpaceX, which may be the most important company in the world. He has built a satellite internet company that is saving lives right now in North Carolina and other hurricane-stricken regions and brought the internet to isolated tribes in Africa and the Amazon rainforest. And he has broken the establishment's stranglehold on speech and lost billions of dollars to do so.
“A skyscraper went into space, returned to earth, and parallel parked” - Sylvia Smith
— John LeFevre (@JohnLeFevre) October 13, 2024
Tesla is expanding into the business of making humanoid robots, and within a few years, they will be ready to become assistants to millions of people. And while his "Full Self Driving" software always seems to be a year away from autonomy, it is remarkably good and saves lives daily. Teslas are the safest cars in the world.
SpaceX makes the impossible come true every day. In rough terms the company puts about 9 times as much mass into space than every other country combined, and the lead keeps growing.
Thousands of distinct vehicle and pad criteria had to be met prior to catching the Super Heavy booster. Thanks to the tireless work of SpaceX engineers, we succeeded with catch on our first attempt. pic.twitter.com/6wa5v6xHI0
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 13, 2024
Yesterday, SpaceX executed a nearly flawless test of its Starship--the fifth test out of many. It could have executed the test months ago, but the government bureaucrats are working hard to slow his progress because, well, he is a Republican now. Since his purchase of Twitter, the Biden administration has put obstacle after obstacle in his way, threatening his company, asking our allies to throttle his speech using their less stringent speech protection laws, and Democrats in California are denying the Air Force the right to allow SpaceX to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, citing Elon's political opinions.
The California Coastal Commission on Thursday rejected the Air Force’s plan to give SpaceX permission to launch up to 50 rockets a year from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County.
— 🇺🇸Travis🇺🇸 (@Travis_4_Trump) October 12, 2024
Some members of the commission complained about Elon Musk and his political statements. pic.twitter.com/rbdGWUYA1F
They care more about harming Elon Musk than national security. Both NASA and the Air and Space Forces are at odds with the rest of the administration because, well, they can't do their jobs without SpaceX. They need to launch on Falcon 9, NASA can't launch or retrieve their astronauts without the company, and the military needs Starlink for reliable and fast communications. No doubt the Starlink satellite constellation has capabilities that help the military about which there is no public information.
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy boosters simultaneously landing after a short trip to space. pic.twitter.com/knrHoq8OQr
— Domenico (@AvatarDomy) August 24, 2020
Starlink could provide broadband access to millions more people under the Biden administration's broadband program, but the administration kicked SpaceX out of the program after Musk came out for Ron DeSantis and bought Twitter. It was a blatantly political move, and they have tried to justify the decision by claiming that the company couldn't provide reliable service. Of course, Starlink is the only reliable service available and costs much less than the alternatives. As a consequence, NOT ONE house has been plugged into broadband after three years.
While @ElonMusk was racing to help the victims of Hurricane Helene, where was the federal government?@Opinion_Joe + @Maddie_Rowley_ investigate how the Starlink CEO succeeded where FEMA failed: https://t.co/iw9MwanKnz
— The Free Press (@TheFP) October 8, 2024
Starlink is invaluable to hurricane survivors and rescuers, and Elon Musk is providing the service and even the equipment for free. He has even turned on a direct phone to satellite service for hurricane-hit regions despite the service still being in beta testing.
The FCC withdrew a grant for Starlink to cover rural counties, but the satellite service is now saving the day in those counties.https://t.co/ADGx6oYQHO
— Wall Street Journal Opinion (@WSJopinion) October 13, 2024
Still, Democrats have put a target on Musk's back, doing everything they can to put stumbling blocks in his way because he says things they don't like. They hate Elon Musk.
Keith Olbermann calls on Biden to deport Elon Musk. The Elon Derangement Syndrome is off the charts pic.twitter.com/IBZCFu36ux
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 8, 2024
The hatred runs so deep that the Democrats are including Musk in anti-Trump advertisements, generating hate against him as they have done with Donald Trump. Both have been effective critics of the Democrats, and they cannot abide that no matter how much good Musk does.
The Hill is out with my column on the Musk mania that that is now raging across the media. Some are calling for his arrest and deportation. In a culture of groupthink, Musk is viewed as a force of free-thought contagion that must be eliminated...https://t.co/W82vbRKTME
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) October 12, 2024
John Fetterman, proving that sometimes a stroke isn't such a bad thing, thinks this is idiotic. He is right. Ambitious young Americans see an America that works and one that doesn't and know which one they want to be a part of.
Sen. Fetterman says Elon Musk appeals to a demographic that Democrats struggle with, and some people see him as Tony Stark.
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) October 13, 2024
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Whether you agree with his politics, Musk is a giant of our times. He has revolutionized industry after industry, and he is nowhere near done. He may land on Mars one day. Personally, I mean. I have no doubt his company will, and soon.
NEWS: SpaceX's @Starlink to be installed on 48 vessels of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) 🇯🇵
— ALEX (@ajtourville) October 12, 2024
In May, the MSDF began a trial of the Starlink service on the training ships Kashima and Shimakaze – Starlink received glowing reviews.
The MSDF is now seeking funds in the… pic.twitter.com/ggHkaUAyXI
The left prefers a world where Boeing controls our access to space, cable companies our access to the internet, and censored social media companies are the filter through which censored information reaches us.
The SpaceX Starship team that sent a skyscraper into space, and then caught it with giant chopsticks.
— John LeFevre (@JohnLeFevre) October 13, 2024
Meanwhile, Boeing's space program has 50,000 employees and stranded 2 astronauts in space.
But, at least they received a 100% DEI rating and the designation of “2022 Best… pic.twitter.com/KuhTuBbbe3
The real life Tony Stark is Elon Musk, having his fingers touching most of advanced technologies in the World makes it a undeniable truth, He is the true definition of being the most useful individual for the World. pic.twitter.com/pw3z6SUbLP
— SMX 🇺🇸 (@iam_smx) February 15, 2024
Musk is a figure out of a Heinlein novel, or yes, a true-to-life Tony Stark. In fact, Robert Downey Jr. used Musk as a model for his engineering genius character.
In 2008, Robert Downey Jr. came to Elon Musk for help in getting into character as Tony Stark for Iron Man.
— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) July 28, 2024
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Musk may not exactly be a character out of Marvel, but frankly, that is good.
Marvel movies suck these days.
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