Not because he tweets weird stuff or pumps stocks, but because he actually does the thing. Rockets land themselves now. Launches are cheap. Space stopped being a once-a-year event.
Everyone talked about going to Mars.
He built the rockets first.
You don’t have to like the guy.
You don’t have to like his takes.
But moving space from “government-only, slow, and boring” to “fast, reusable, and normal”?
That’s real impact.
Hate him or not, space today looks very different because of SpaceX.
As a Space Nerd, I Gotta Respect Elon Musk
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