Does Musk Own the Future?

[Andy A]

Poppy, say all you want about emails. You are still wrong. Same ol' saw. Since that was over two years ago and the premise was true, I would think you could come up with something more current. But then, I guess not since all you so vociferously support is an abject failure. Too bad, basically you're probably a really nice guy.

 

[poppy]

Maybe while supporting healthcare, fair wages, workers rights, decent housing and voting rights I'll wear a red t-shirt so they won't be failures, but that will still mean you're a grumpy old loser. Of course I'm just paraphrasing here.

 

[Andy A]

I'm not going to spar with you here, poppy. You are not worth the effort. If you can't recognize failure in so many areas it is possibly because you're blinded by your ideology. Possibly you would be more comfortable on another site more suitable to your non-sensical diatribes. Does any that you haave already ruined come to mind?

 

[poppy]

Did someone die and leave you in charge? I will continue to support progress while you are mired in past

 

[Jim Tucker]

http://elonmusk.com/about-elon-musk/

Musk’s achievements in business and technology have been widely recognized. Time Magazine included him on its 2010 TIME 100 list of 100 people who most affected the world. Esquire Magazine named him one its 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century, and Forbes Magazine named him one of America’s 20 Most Powerful CEOs 40 and Under. Based on his work at SpaceX, Tesla Motors and Solar City, Research and Development Magazine named Musk its Innovator of the Year and Inc. Magazine named him its Entrepreneur of the Year.


His focus on space exploration and his contributions to the field are also renowned. The world governing body for aerospace records, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, presented Musk with its Gold Space Medal for designing the first privately developed rocket to reach orbit. The Kitty Hawk Foundation recognized Musk as a Living Legend in Aviation for creating the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, and Aviation Week named him its 2008 Laureate for his significant global achievements in the space industry. Musk has received the Heinlein Prize for his contributions to the commercialization of space; the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics award for the greatest contribution to the field of space transportation; and the National Space Society Von Braun Trophy for the most significant achievement in space.


Musk created and is chairman of the Musk Foundation, which focuses on aerospace, clean energy, science education and pediatric health. The Foundation has donated solar power projects to Soma, Japan – a city devastated by both earthquake and tsunami – and to a hurricane response center in coastal Alabama operated by victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf Oil Spill. Facilitated by SolarCity, these projects bring much-needed low-cost, clean power to both regions as recovery efforts continue.


Musk is a trustee of the X Prize Foundation, which promotes renewable energy technologies, and sits on the boards of The Space Foundation, The National Academies Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and The Planetary Society. He is also a member of the Stanford University Engineering Advisory Council.


He holds a physics degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a business degree from Wharton.

 

[Lake View Too]

Thanks for de-high jacking this thread. It's important to remember that Musk re-iterated many times in the Sixty Minutes piece that he had to move from his home country of South Africa to the USA to even have a remote chance to fulfill his dreams. This is the only country capable of having the resources and the freedoms to achieve something like he has achieved.

 

[Andy A]

Thanks for de-high jacking this thread. It's important to remember that Musk re-iterated many times in the Sixty Minutes piece that he had to move from his home country of South Africa to the USA to even have a remote chance to fulfill his dreams. This is the only country capable of having the resources and the freedoms to achieve something like he has achieved.

:ale Voew Too, you are absolutely right! I am largely responsible for high jacking the thread and I apologize. You are correct in that we need more inovators and American citizens like Musk. Again, I am sorry about the high jack.

 

[Bob]

I hate when you make so much money you have to create a billionaire fraternity like the Giving Pledge. 70 billionaires...including Musk..committed to giving away 600 billion dollars of their personal wealth to charity. The members creating such petty things as cell service, cable television, computer operating systems, alternative energy resources, excellent movies, social media, cheap pizza and many more heinous things does tend to make that person and their company money. The byproduct of innovation I suppose. What they choose to do with it is their legacy. And to top it off those bastards at wal mart
Corporately gave 958 million to charity in 2012 and the Walton family also gave another 432 million the same year. The comany and family have funded one in four inner city charter school start ups.

yes, and they treat their employees like the enlightened plantation owners that they are. such well meaning masters.

 

[carson]

Here is a thought. Dont work there. Move to Seattle where minimum wage is $15 an hour and be treated like a king. I dont shop at Wal Mart for a variety of reasons, but there is no denying that the company and family are quite charitable.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

Here is a thought. Dont work there. Move to Seattle where minimum wage is $15 an hour and be treated like a king. I dont shop at Wal Mart for a variety of reasons, but there is no denying that the company and family are quite charitable.

Please tell me one reason not to want to live in Seattle.