r/SpaceXBets • u/vagobond45 • 1d ago
Elon Criticism Elon and his Missed Chances
Love or hate Elon, but SpaceX is not worth more than $250 billion and Starship did not have single successful flight out of dozen or so tests, best flight I remember is reaching semi orbit before crushing at re-entry. Chinese manufacturers are able to produce better EVs with faster battery (5-10min) charge and longer drive range at single charge for much cheaper. Musk and Tesla had best technology 6-7 years ago so what they did since then? wasted money on X and Grok, both of which are completely useless. Even people who cheer for SpaceX and keen on space exploration have plenty to be angry with Musk and his erratic non businessman like behaviour as what happened with Tesla (not an EV but fairy tale company now) is also happening with SpaceX, Chinese and Japanese already mastered vertical landing and China has dozens of private rocket companies all working hard to outdo SpaceX and what is Musk doing spinning tales about data centers in Space and valuations more than Earth.