Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon

(nytimes.com)

7 points | by jbegley 10 hours ago ago

9 comments

  • verzali 5 hours ago ago

    It is fascinating watching his hardcore supporters pivot with him.

    • belter an hour ago ago

      I call them Tech MAGA...

  • King-Aaron 10 hours ago ago

    Maybe he should complete the moon lander that he promised would be done by now

    • rogerkirkness 10 hours ago ago

      Not a fan of Elon but he said his job is 'To turn impossible engineering projects into late ones' and I thought that was pretty accurate.

      • ggm 9 hours ago ago

        "past performance is not a good guide to future performance" is what the finance industry says about the uncertain waters of investment.

        If you think late delivery is a trendline to work with against the impossible, I have a self driving car to sell you. (it's not FSD. he delivered late, and he under-delivered to his sell)

      • King-Aaron 9 hours ago ago

        I like that quote, however I wouldn't put my money behind someone who continually fails to deliver on projects.

        Oh also the whole you know what going on.

        But primarily the failure to deliver multiple highly-publicized projects all the while raking in colossal grant and investment money is just wild to me. If this were any other org, Elon would be beyond toast.

  • cosmicgadget 6 hours ago ago

    Dude has poetry magnets that consist only of buzzwords. When he needs to raise money he just checks his fridge door.

  • SilverElfin 9 hours ago ago

    It’s interesting because a year ago Musk dismissed the moon entirely. Now that Blue Origin is competitive with SpaceX and planning to land on the moon, Musk is dishonestly pivoting. I do find the mention of mass drivers disturbing - is Elon creating a space based weapon that threatens other countries?

    • bergie 3 minutes ago ago

      Somebody gave him a synopsis of Moon is a Hard Mistress that went something like "AI organises a libertarian polygamous utopia on moon after seceding from earth using mass driver as the threat"