All this pro-Isaacman commentary seems to ignore the fact that if he had been confirmed it would have been his job to carry out all of Trump’s massive cuts to NASA science. No amount of spin changes that fact. He didn’t pull his name from consideration when faced with this prospect. He would have accepted the position of executioner for the prestige of being a NASA administrator.
Since I have been banned from SpaceNews I will have to just comment on the articles here. My former entourage of blocked cyberstalkers will not come here because they know I can get their Isp. Or they can spend money on a VPN. I will just delete their garbage.
@garychurch9237
2 minutes ago
There are some really great comments here…..funny how the fanboys are not hijacking every forum now after Musk wrecked the U.S. democracy and murdered twenty-thousand children.
@misspiggyonrollerskates3744
21 hours ago
Elon makes me think of the quote about Teddy Roosevelt, “He wants to be the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral, and the baby at every christening.”
@hendrx
6 hours ago
Remember guys it’s okay to bully elon since “empathy is a weakness” according to him
@KinnshiSennin
21 hours ago
The wisest thing anyone ever said about Elon Musk was, “He wants to save the world, but only if he’s the one to save it.”
@ToniaEmily
21 hours ago
Elon Musk is everything Ayn Rand wanted to be. Libertarianism is Narcissism.
@johnabbott138
17 hours ago
I saw a podcast interview with Kara Swisher not too long ago. Kara knows Elon, and she related an interaction she has with Elon a few years ago when Tesla was in deep financial trouble. He was practically in tears saying that humanity was going to end if Tesla went bankrupt.
She also talked about how Elon surrounds himself with a group of young sycophantic acolytes. She said that when these sycophants aren’t around, Elon will make a statement, then pause for everyone to react (which they don’t), and then say “everyone I know thought it was funny”. And, sure enough, if he is accompanied by his posse, they will burst into hysterical laughter at the most mundane quips from Elon.
@classicjones1484
18 hours ago
Elon: the perfect encapsulation of the flaws of capitalism. Once youre rich enough, it doesnt matter how delusional, how inept, how self-aggrandizing, or how horrible you are for society. Once you have that capital, youre here to stay. He gets to continually make massive mistakes, commit crimes, and ruin peoples lives, and nothing meaningfully bad ever happens to him. At least we can mock the man-child online I guess.
@picahudsoniaunflocked5426
16 hours ago
Too big to fail has got to end.
17 hours ago
“Money doesn’t change people, it allows them to be who they always were”
Maybe musk finally decided to drop the act?
@thebaccathatchews
2 hours ago
He wants the two things money can’t buy: love and adoration. He’ll destroy the entire world in order to get it.
@headerahelix
2 hours ago
I’m still annoyed nobody listened right at the beginning. what he did at tesla because he was upset at not being called a co founder. everyone told me i was jealous or delusional, but it was clear as day what he’s been like for what, 15? years.
@picahudsoniaunflocked5426
16 hours ago
It’s telling that in the recent Sunday interview & Don Lemon one that the reporters thought they were in comfortable softball territory, & were shocked by how offended & wrathful Elon got over some really gentle questions for The Richest Man In The World.
Also Elon is a living Hungry Ghost. He is so desperate to devour everything. He has no business referencing Buddhism.
@tangyferbreze
14 hours ago
i think it’s also really important to point out that he is not the one actually building or designing any of these things. he doesn’t have much technical expertise in … anything. he’s just a rich maniac
@ultratog1028
15 hours ago
All billionaires think they are God
@MultipleOffenses
6 hours ago
Who would have that being called a genius their entire adult life, despite no supporting evidence, would result in someone having an overinflated sense of self/god complex?
@laizerwoolf
4 hours ago
He is a god though, God of Cringe
@PaperMario64
50 minutes ago
“Call it Main character syndrome”…NO, call it what is actually is, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, which is clearly dangerous for everyone else. This idea that you can’t call people what their action CLEARLY show they are is ridiculous, when you know that people who have it almost NEVER think anything is their fault. They don’t seek or get evaluated unless they are forced to or they accept that the problem could be them.
@dariamorgendorffer7813
17 hours ago
We must take responsibility for this as well. I am always weary of the way we always tend to elevate individuals we believe to be supremely intelligent. Individuals such as Stockton Rush, Elon Musk, Elizabeth Holmes have been platform constants. We have given the mic to say whatever comes out of their mouth. We have elevated them to a status that is like God. The public believes that every time someone claims to be a ‘disrupter’, they should share their opinion on everything. It’s not surprising that they have a tendency to believe they are gods.
@divineglitch9550
14 hours ago (edited)
he what? he compared himself to buddha? omg the word cringe doesn’t do that cringe justice.
@no_prisoners1
4 hours ago
He found the right country.
All he needed was people who worship money
@ignaciodelgado889
1 hour ago
Elon was always like this, just people were willing to tolerate him because of tribalism.
@dayoft6helords
19 hours ago
The US government made him a god. It can also take that a way.
@mmlvx
17 hours ago
Reincarnation of the spirit of Alexander the Great? Dude. Get help.
@Chase-Conway
16 hours ago
billionaires actually do see themselves as gods.
https://thespacereview.com/article/4997/1
Musk as ENRON. The fanboys bloviating copium in the comments is priceless.
https://thespacereview.com/article/4999/1
Again, more vast apologetics for NewSpace when it is, as I have said hundreds of times in comments over the last 15 years, The worst thing that has ever happened to space exploration.
Ice on the Moon 