I’m just waiting for him to do something stupid enough in a ketamine-fueled fit of pique that the DoD and/or NASA swoops in and nationalizes SpaceX as a strategic national concern.

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nationalizing SpaceX would risk destroying the company structure and culture which made SpaceX successful in the first place. A government-run SpaceX would never pursue an ambitious project like Starship.

A safer option would be to find a similar visionary to fill the CEO role who is a bit less... you know. I wonder if Gwynne Shotwell (current COO) could take over as CEO if Elon goes further off the deep end?

[–] gravitas_deficiency 4 points 5 months ago

Moving SpaceX to Austin would risk destroying the company structure and culture which made SpaceX successful in the first place, and yet here we are.

I agree that giving it to Shotwell would probably be a better shoo-in in terms of a mandated CEO adjustment.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

He is a petulant child that has never experienced consequences. I hope he has a reckoning soon. The decent human beings that keep getting damaged by his whims deserve better.