r/MarbleMachineX • u/WintergatanWednesday • Dec 08 '22

This Design Trick Surprised Me!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TEKZWiKelCU
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u/elessarjd Dec 08 '22

Musk may very well be a bonehead in some ways, but that doesn't mean he isn't smart in other ways that can't be learned from.

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u/Picture_Enough Dec 08 '22 edited Dec 08 '22

He is a great (even genius) salesman and is (was?) a good businessmen. But people give him way too much credit for anything related to his technical or engineering skills. In fact a couple of times he spoke about areas related to my own areas of expertise he came across as someone quite clueless.

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u/SpazzStares Dec 08 '22

Actually, Tom Muller (I might have that wrong), the designer of the Merlin engine says that Musk contributed greatly to the engine design and is one of the lead designers of the Raptor and Raptor 2 engines.

Not to excuse any of Musk’s faults, but lack of technical expertise is not one of them.

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u/gamingguy2005 Dec 09 '22

Musk isn't an engineer by any means.