My issue with Musk sending a Tesla into space

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My issue with Musk sending a Tesla into space

I’ve always been a big fan of magnetic levitation trains in vacuum tubes like the Virgin hyperloop. This project is inspiring. It could bring the globe together and better the lives of everyone on the planet. The concept is from Musk and it’s awesome on many different levels, but he’s not backing that horse. He wants to go to space, but rather than working with the maglev technology of a Startram he’s trying to re-invent the wheel with fossil fuel based rockets. To add insult to injury for his first package into space he sent a Tesla as a publicity stunt. I share the sadness for the waste of an opportunity for research and advancement that this represents.
http://www.iflscience.com/space/not-everyone-is-happy-about-elon-musk-se...

And it’s not like Musk isn’t renewable energy conscious. His solar collecting shingles are very nice, and pretty cool. Even if I’m his Powerwall is un-inspiring it’s at least an attempt to move away from fossil fuels.

Now I tried to think positively about this. I tried to convince myself that this is just advertising, and it’s working. I should admit that a lot of people are talking about it. I’ll also admit that as this was the maiden voyage so as Musk said, “there is a good chance this monster rocket blows up”, but the whole thing just seems like such a waste to me. He could have easily sent up expendable experiments, or I’m sure he could have gotten some investors to take a risk with a contingency that if the rocket blew up they wouldn’t have to pay for the trip, but if it was successful they had to pay him and he could have recouped some much-needed capital on his passion project.

I get the infatuation with space, but it just seems like to me that he’s throwing reason out the window in pursue of his dreams.

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My only problem with Musk is
chimp3's picture
His car, he can do as he
CyberLN's picture
I adore that there is an
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I excited about space
Coveny's picture
I'm not against his goal,
chimp3's picture
Coveny: Perhaps he will hire
chimp3's picture
Joking aside! If he put
Coveny's picture
And yet the Tesla has a live
ʝօɦռ 6IX ɮʀɛɛʐʏ's picture
Dumb me forgot about the
fishy1's picture
Elon Musk is my idol ☺️
ZeffD's picture
I'm not convinced he could
Coveny's picture
Hawkins and NASA already have
ZeffD's picture
Yes, you make your point very
Coveny's picture
Thanks.
ZeffD's picture
Oh, and remember it was just
fishy1's picture
I'll admit that their are a
Tin-Man's picture
@Fishy Re: "But I think it
Coveny's picture
It's an appeal to authority.
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In my opinion, all dreams
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Buying yourself a cool and

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