Watching crew dragon approach ISS

[IBEWVET]

I know Elon is not liked here and I agree but he has a car dam near driving itself, rockets landing after launch, crew dragon flying itself to the space station. Then internet world wide, mass transport tubes, a new way to bore tunnels, and a mars rocket underway. He did the falcon 9 and crew dragon with half the money Boeing got and beat them. Thin line between insanity and genius. He has done a lot.

[triron]

1. inspiration

[kirby]

2. He?

You mean all the hard working engineers and scientists?

[haele]

4. Yes. His real talent is getting good engineers and scientists...

And providing them with the funds to get his vision off the drawing boards.
But like all libertarians, he believes it was all his genius.

But Dr. Feynman he ain't.

Haele

[brush]

28. He ain't Tesla either, the guy he names his cars after.

[proud patriot]

21. indeed

my great grandfather worked for Ford as an inventer ..
you think he got credit for the brake that is in every car ??

NOPE !!

me struggling working class great grand daughter of the inventer of the Ford Brake ..

[Layzeebeaver]

29. And my father as well ...

Key patented elements of the retractable seat belt.

[proud patriot]

30. well we'll remember them

[c-rational]

3. All well and good, but Elon said he might vote for tRrump and supported Kanye West. He definitely

has a special brain. Not sure how well rounded he is, i.e. with the humanities. What is more important - technical skills or an understanding of the true nature of man.

[greenman3610]

7. Henry Ford was an A-hole,too. And Steve Jobs so I've heard

[Archae]

12. Steve Jobs wouldn't give up the "medical" woo, and it killed him.

Henry Ford was a vicious anti-Semite, he tried slamming Hollywood for being "Jew controlled" until some movie producers showed him safety films of car accident aftermaths, and all the cars were clearly Fords.
Henry Ford called off his slam against Hollywood very quickly.

As to Steve Jobs, he had this habit of dismissing REAL medicines, and going instead with bullshit woo.
And it killed him.

[MontanaMama]

5. Yes he has.

My complaint with Musk is how he treats employees. Tesla employees shouldered a pay cut last spring while Elon Musk took an almost $700 million payout. I’m an employer. My husband and I own two small businesses. We personally haven’t had a pay raise since 2013 but we give increases to our employees annually as well as other benefits...why? Because they are important, they deserve it and we need them. I can’t imagine how crappy it would feel to have to swallow a pay cut and see your boss profit beyond anything you could ever hope to attain.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hayleycuccinello/2020/05/05/elon-musk-700-million-payday-tesla/?sh=43e7b6291fff

[GregD]

6. Where are you watching?

CNN covered the launch, but nothing about arrival.

[IBEWVET]

9. NASA.GOV

They have soft connect.

[GregD]

17. thanks

This is so cool

[LearnedHand]

20. You can also watch live streaming at SpaceX.com

nt

[BannonsLiver]

8. Musk is a libertarian clown

Who takes pseudo geniuses like Kanye seriously. He’s a modern day Bond villain. And a douche bag.

[IBEWVET]

10. He is

but look at all he has done. Maybe just hiring the right people, but he is the one in charge.

[USALiberal]

16. But really good at his job! Nt

[joshcryer]

11. I like Musk.

But he's a terrible human being.

Shame.

[Maru Kitteh]

13. Link?

I love space travel, don't really care anything about who's doing it.

[IBEWVET]

14. don't know how to link

But http:NASA.GOV

[IBEWVET]

15. I much prefer

Paying Space X than Russia. Buy American!!

[rockfordfile]

22. Space X isn't really American

[Zorro]

31. Why isn't SpaceX really American?

Sure looks like it to me.

The rockets are manufactured in the USA.

[TeamPooka]

18. so did Steve Jobs. Jobs was the Henry Ford of China.

[rockfordfile]

23. No

[LearnedHand]

19. My gods! Starbuck just opened the hatch on the ISS side!

No shit. That woman looks amazingly like Katee Sackhoff.

[IBEWVET]

24. His two drone ships

that the first stage return to are " of course I still love you" and "read the instructions" Plus he launched his Telsa to Mars, has a sense of humor.

[IBEWVET]

25. C-SPAN is covering it. N/T

[IBEWVET]

26. C-SPAN is covering it. N/T

sorry about the extra post

[IBEWVET]

27. Think what you may, this was wonderful.