A lot of the things he says about space are fun as thought experiments. Whether or not they work out or are good ideas. Terraforming Mars sounds interesting. Using a methane evaporation blanket to cool starship during re-entry without a heat shield? sounds SUPER neat. Even landing and re-using a booster was deemed impractical, or not financially viable. That’s the thrill of exploration part. Getting all belligerent when proven wrong makes it hard to get excited about things. It turns into “If this doesn’t work out, Elon is going to have a crybaby fit over it.” instead of “Oh wow, thats a super cool ambitious idea.” Part of taking moonshots is that sometimes you’re wrong, but his ego is too out of control to ever admit he is wrong.
Personally my enthusiasm for space exploration was killed by how mediocre KSP2 was, but Elon definitely didn’t help.
A lot of the things he says about space are fun as thought experiments. Whether or not they work out or are good ideas. Terraforming Mars sounds interesting. Using a methane evaporation blanket to cool starship during re-entry without a heat shield? sounds SUPER neat. Even landing and re-using a booster was deemed impractical, or not financially viable. That’s the thrill of exploration part. Getting all belligerent when proven wrong makes it hard to get excited about things. It turns into “If this doesn’t work out, Elon is going to have a crybaby fit over it.” instead of “Oh wow, thats a super cool ambitious idea.” Part of taking moonshots is that sometimes you’re wrong, but his ego is too out of control to ever admit he is wrong.
Personally my enthusiasm for space exploration was killed by how mediocre KSP2 was, but Elon definitely didn’t help.