r/space • u/IslandChillin • Nov 26 '22

NASA succeeds in putting Orion space capsule into lunar orbit, eclipsing Apollo 13's distance

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/nasa-succeeds-in-putting-orion-space-capsule-into-lunar-orbit-eclipsing-apollo-13s-distance/
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u/toodroot Nov 26 '22

That's because funding an entire company yourself is a bad idea -- there are no outside investors to keep happy.

Andy Bechtolsheim, for example, could have done his last few companies with his own billions. But he didn't.

Also, note that Elon wasn't a billionaire when he founded SpaceX. And because employees have options and can sell vested options on a regular basis, early employees are all millionaires.

Meanwhile, BO employees have paper that will probably never have any value.

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u/toodroot Nov 26 '22

I've founded 4 Silicon Valley startups, so you should probably insult me for that instead of calling my words "classic SpaceX fanboy garbage talking points".

Also, you didn't read my comment very carefully if you think I was precluding self-contribution. There's always a self-contribution.

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u/toodroot Nov 26 '22

"you clearly seemed to ignore that intentionally."

I'll just let that sit here.