Comment by bigyabai

1 day ago

"RCS thrusters in a car" is one of a few technologies on the human tech tree with 0 ROI. If the US can't ship a $25,000 EV like Musk promised, then China won the export market. The only point of this Mr. Beast-style showmanship is to bail out Tesla with a SpaceX merger. IMO that's a waste of Tesla's time, money and energy.

Maybe you feel differently. I don't really care though.

Businesses care about ROI. Hackers do things that are cool. This is cool.

  • This is business. You've distorted the definition of hacker, no wonder you're embarrassed.

    • The Wright Brothers wanted to build something cool. They didn't care it was only 12 seconds and they didn't scheme over potential ROI.

      A car drives a vertical wall, launches itself off, and catches itself with thrusters. That's awesome.

      If you read my remarks again, you would realize I'm embarrassed for you. I'm embarrassed for a forum that should be about curiosity and wonder, where can we go, and what can the future be -- not earnings per share.

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