Is SpaceX a con? (Conspiracy)

submitted ago by Oortcloud

What's been on my mind more of late is the Great Elon Musk show. Way back there was an illusionist named David Copperfield who made the Statue of Liberty disappear. Everyone in the bleachers and watching on TV saw it. A helicopter flying overhead showed an image of the podium sans statue. It was a magic trick. You've seen the Musk trick - his big rocket boosters that return safely to Earth in a standing position. Unless Musk has come up with some novel form of rocket propulsion and figured out a way to defy the restrictions imposed by the weight of fuel, I have to suspect fraud.

Back in the 1800s a couple of fraudsters made up the "scientific fact" that Manhattan was going to sink. The only way to save it was to cut the island in half. So, investors were conned, workers were hired, and the fraudsters disappeared with the money. I'm betting that Elon Musk already owns a very large home/compound in a country that has no extradition treaty with the US.

Milennials like to think that they're immune to hucksters - they've even started the "skeptic movement" where they trash every idea and attitude that does not follow their PC agenda. And, they think that Star Trek is real. While they trash "conspiracy theories" they were promoting the idea that NASA has a secret FTL engine that only awaits world-wide PC union before we launch for the stars. Every generation has been suckered by some big con, and I think it likely that Elon Musk has created a doozie.

Oortcloud ago

That was a good read. Thank you. Musk has had success with conventional rocket types.

jokersmild ago

All space(A-Z) is bullshit.

Oh_Well_ian ago

I live on the Space Coast.. The rockets are real and so are the booster returns.

Space X is a con, though, and they likely are responsible for North Korea's rapid advances in ICBM tech.

Oortcloud ago

There is no doubt in my mind that his conventional rockets have been successful. My problem is with the returning boosters. As i said at the top, such things can be faked. When Copperfield did his thing we knew it was a trick. People want to believe in Musk and what he does (good on 'em all) but that also makes those people ready to believe.

Oh_Well_ian ago

Bro... I had a birds eye view of the dual booster return from the Falcon heavy. The descending boosters were clearly visible and two sonic booms were heard.

And you're 100% wrong. That cannot be faked.

You have an opinion not based in fact.

fakebabitz ago

SpaceX is a CIA front. Moving rocket development to the private sector gets around fed regulations and avoids FOIA requests. Plus tech can be moved privately to other parties.

sugamari ago

i would like to agree - but i have been looking for any connection at all to this tech company and the cia funding mechanism thats been linked to all the others facebook google amazon etc - if theres any connection like this at all please link the article

fakebabitz ago

Who gave the seed money (aside from Musk)?

Who runs those operations?

Mike Griffen

I-Q-Tel

What was Musk's involvement with these?

Why did Obama shut down the shuttle program?

So we could pay money (gov't contracts) to a private company we can't oversee (vs a public accountable entity?)

brandon816 ago

He's got too many investments elsewhere for that to be a con. If it were a con, the moment people have evidence of that fraud, all of those investments will be repossessed to pay off the cost.

True fraudsters do not create / have entangling relationships, because it would be a sunken cost for them, and that would be going against trying to fleece people for money.

sugamari ago

fuk ya - i like elon musk - he's totally the opposite of cucktard. he's the epitomy of entrepreneur and he deserves our respect

RickFlairWOOOOOO ago

Yes earth is flat. I worked as a contractor for NASA. The science they research is for understanding the firmament and developing a more convincing project blue beam operation among others. What is the science good for is what you have to ask.

generationnoah ago

Really? ..well, if the stars is a projection, if project blue beam can connect itself to the same "circuitry" as the stars, all of the "north hemisphere" (imaginative speaking) can be used as a big screen.

i_scream_trucks ago

. Unless Musk has come up with some novel form of rocket propulsion and figured out a way to defy the restrictions imposed by the weight of fuel, I have to suspect fraud.

Is your F-22 fraud? (I know the f-35 is but that's a whole other kettle of fish) are hybrid electric cars fraud? Are hydrogen cells and the internet fraud? My point is for every advance someone has to have come up with it whether its him or someone else.

I'm no real fan of musk but... well.. yeah clearly he (or his company) has come up with a new way to do it which is exactly what he said he would do. And its fucking amazing.

Just for info - you know most modern fighter planes would be literally unflyable by humans without the computers? Just like what's going on with this quite simply couldn't happen.

Oortcloud ago

Good points, but I have to refer to the "Big Lie" technique - it's easier to get people to believe a huge whopper than a little white lie.

BigMatteson ago

Where did Musk get his Tesla notes? The US government.

Why is civilian space travel so important? To keep us from realizing how truly special we are in both our world and the greater 'universe' and to keep us 'reaching for the stars', despite any actual reality of our exploring space.