there's a very funny possibility here where, just like Tesla, Spacex might fumble a huge lead in developing a new technology due to incompetent leadership and get completely lapped by someone else
Don't SpaceX have a whole layer of management whose specific job is to keep said leadership away from where the actual work's being done, in case he decides his dad's money is smarter than literal rocket scientists? I think they might be better insulated against that than Tesla, if that's so. Maybe.
Honestly, if I'd heard that about them, he's probably heard that about them, and I wouldn't put it past him to fire anyone he thinks is part of said insulation layer anyway.
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(or, a bit more generously, I guess being successful at one risky bet doesn't mean that every risky bet will pay off)
I dunno man. It feels like it’s already happened.