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Elon Musk to lead new efficiency department named after his favourite cryptocurrency
(www.telegraph.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2024
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...and slash regulations. I know this has always been their goal but damn. He doesn't even need anything more, he has almost everything money can buy, and he thought, "ok, I have to try to buy the government".
Well he can build rockets faster than he can get approval to launch them.
Because launching a rocket isn't without consequence. Shouldn't just launch willy nilly every day because you have it, there are other factors (environment, structural damage, etc)to consider which he does not care about.
For a good reason. Approvals are thorough because they are the accumulation of our learnings throughout the decades and centuries.
I don't know if you're meaning to justify his actions or what, but let's not do that justification thingy when it's completely unjustified.
That's probably true for most people.