KPCS - Elon Musk

An honest and real chat with the co-founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

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[boozer81]

elon musk... sounds like a cologne

[splicegrrl]

the fact that elon musk got very personal at the end of this interview, and especially that he initiated that himself, shows what a safe space kevin pollak creates for his guests through having actual CONVERSATIONS with them instead of eliciting only sound bites.

[WitherandFronst]

Great show. Where would i find the entire episode? Thanks.

[mrplease66]

Whatever the case may be regarding his understanding of engineering or physics, it cannot be disputed that he has given both the automotive and space industries a mighty kick in the ass, simultanously and with charm. And if that gives us clean cars and beyond LEO once and for all, then I salute that most heartily.

[ray321123]

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[TheWimbleton]

@wheelinthesky300 Alright, I guess Musk is just some some greedy asshole that's constructed a huge spiderweb of lies around himself that apparently no one bothered to check out. And he can't be some sort of genius, anyone can make a few hundred million dollars if they get lucky, right? And anything said by Martin Eberhard must be a fact.

[wheelinthesky300]

@TheWimbleton Every source you heard is quoting Elon Musk himself.

Musk has already been exposed as a liar by Martin Eberhard.

[TheWimbleton]

@wheelinthesky300 Every source I've ever read or heard that mentions Musk and his college education says he has two degrees, one in physics. I'll assume that's true rather than what this one guy says.

[wheelinthesky300]

@TheWimbleton According to Martin Eberhard, FOUNDER and CHIEF DESIGNER of Tesla, Musk does not have any degree in Physics, either on the Bachelor's or Graduate level. Eberhard also has stated Musk never attended Stanford, not even for a day. I assume Musk reviews rocket designs at SpaceX, but I doubt he does the designs or knows how to. To design rockets -an extremely complicated business -guess what? You'd need experience designing rockets, which Musk ain't got.

[TheWimbleton]

@wheelinthesky300 Lets try this one more time... Musk DOES have a degree in physics. Maybe you're thinking of the fact that he dropped out of his graduate program at Stanford, but he did get his bachelor's in physics.

I can't really say for sure his level of involvement with designing the rockets, but I get the impression its fairly deep. SpaceX is the company he's most interested in, and the only one he initially intended to run, and he will be working almost exclusively on SpaceX eventually

[wheelinthesky300]

@TheWimbleton Musk does not have a degree in Physics.

He fudged that.

He has named himself "chief designer", so what?

Can it be verified that a guy with no engineering experience or experience designing spaceships suddenly designed one?

Sounds like he has final approval or dissaproval of designs,

not that he conceives of or designs anything.

I doubt he sits there using CAD.

That's very hard to believe, especially considering Musk's similar false claims regarding the Tesla.

[TheWimbleton]

@wheelinthesky300 Musk, in fact has two Bachelor's degrees; one in Physics and one in Economics. Due to the fact that he couldn't find a chief designer he was happy with, he DID become the chief designer of the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9.

All that stuff about Tesla may or may not be true, I don't really pay attention to that part of his work. I'm more of a space junkie.