There are indeed many people who admire Musk, and to admire a person you must know him well. Of course, some people say that he is a technology liar, but the fact is that Musk has made many products with unique features. Tesla electric cars, the recycling and reuse of heavy-lift rockets, and the launch of a large number of Internet satellites, and recently released some of the latest developments in brain-computer interfaces.
There are still many projects that are constantly being added. Some people may ask, how can he be so energetic? How did this kind of technological wizard grow?
Some people say that Musk is a genius. In fact, he is not a genius. It is the tortuous experiences of childhood and adolescence that have created Musk’s strong beliefs.
Musk’s parents divorced when he was a child, which made him very distressed, so he used all his experience to study day and night. Every time his father took him When I go out to buy things, I often disappear from my side, but I will definitely find him in a place with books not far away. He is a standard bookworm. He has read all the books in places with books near his home and school. When he was young, he read at least ten hours a day and was immersed in the ocean of knowledge. This is nothing. When Musk was about ten years old, that is, in 1981, he got his own computer. He learned the programming language that took others several months to learn in just a week, and he used this computer and programming language. I made a game and sold it to a game company and made $500.
Musk has always been dull from childhood to adolescence. He often had no reaction when people called him. His family thought it was a hearing problem and had surgery to remove his tonsils, but the situation remained the same. This state also made him the target of being bullied by his classmates. It was not until the age of 15 that Musk could no longer bear it. He made up his mind that he would no longer be bullied. He began to study kung fu hard, and finally fought back bravely. Finally, he began to This was the first reversal in his life, and no one would dare to bully Musk again. From then on, his self-confidence began to explode, and his learning also improved by leaps and bounds. He completed all the basic theoretical knowledge as a technological innovator when he was a student.
Musk is crazy, and he is also a person who works incredibly hard and is worthy of admiration.
There are no analogies in his thinking, only inferences from the essence. This is Musk’s thinking mode that dares to break the rules and make many unconventional products.
At the 2019 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Jack Ma and Musk had their first public conversation, and the last sentence was his highest goal in this life.
Musk: I think you are right. We must strive for the long-term existence of consciousness.
After seeing this question and some of the answers to this question, I really want to ask: In the field of technology, is there any reason not to admire Musk? In the field of technology, if Musk’s achievements cannot be admired, then whose achievements can be admired?
Technology should be separated from science. Technology focuses on technology, while science focuses on academics. Technology focuses on the implementation and practice of science, and science focuses on theoretical research and exploration.
Opponents say Musk is a liar. Tesla is losing money and has no investment in the United States. Starlink’s 12,000 satellites are like a powerful pill to fool the public and are simply impossible to achieve. , the Falcon rocket is just one more recycling technology! It's all bullshit! If there is no comparison, there will be no harm. If you take any of Musk's current technological achievements and find someone with equal strength, you will be considered awesome!
Tesla
The leader of driverless electric vehicles. Without Tesla, the world’s major automakers would not follow up the electric vehicle industry. Without Tesla, all countries would Wouldn’t it be so quick to realize the ceiling of fuel vehicles and their environmental pollution? Without Tesla, which company would invest in the research and development of driverless cars?
What if Tesla loses money? You can think carefully about why you owe it? Whenever an enterprise owes money, mathematically speaking, it means that the investment is greater than the income! Don't you understand this? Too much money invested! Why invest so much money? The reason is obvious: Musk wants to build the world's first-quality electric driverless car! Unlike some manufacturers who, at the beginning of their establishment, formulate a business model that only makes profits but does not lose money. Because the real winner is to use the hardness of the product to impress consumers in the long term!
SpaceX
Founded in June 2002, it will be 17 years as of May 30, 2019! Let me ask, there are so many airlines in the world, why is it that only SpaceX built the Falcon Heavy rocket that shocked the world in just 17 years? Blue Origin? Sorry, the boss behind it is a big businessman. Bezos just wants to win the big piece of aviation. He doesn’t have Musk’s iron-blooded persistence to land on Mars! Moreover, Blue Origin’s current rocket technology is far inferior to SpaceX. Blue Origin was established in 2000, two years earlier than SpaceX, but now it is completely lagging behind! If it weren't for SpaceX's fruitful achievements in the rocket field in recent years, Bezos would not have given his Blue Origin a second look!
In terms of rocket thrust, who can compare with Falcon Heavy?
In terms of rocket launch costs, who can compare with the two Falcons?
When it comes to the future of rocket products, who can compare with SpaceX’s upcoming BFR? For details on what BFR is, you can read my related articles.
Starlink
On May 24, 2019, there were 60 Starlink satellites patrolling the sky! Please stop saying that 12,000 pills are a lie! Musk’s budget for 12,000 Starlink satellites is US$10 billion, of which the rocket launch cost is approximately US$5 billion.
Falcon 9 can launch up to 80 satellites at a time, and Falcon Heavy can launch 200 satellites at a time! If a Falcon Heavy rocket is used to launch 200 satellites at a time, it only takes 60 launches to complete the mission of 12,000 satellites. The cost of one launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket is US$90 million, and 60 satellites are only US$5.4 billion!
Who can send 12,000 satellites into the sky for only 54 US dollars? You can't find another one in the entire solar system!
What is Starlink going to do? Starlink is going to revolutionize traditional Internet land lines! A beautiful woman put it well: I access a server in the United States in Australia and endure a delay of 300 milliseconds every day! Brother Musk, please hurry up and put your Starlink network into use, so that I can experience the pleasure of 20 millisecond delay! !
City of the Sun
Energy depletion is a certainty in the future! But in the future, the sun will never die and solar energy will last forever! Only solar energy can 100% ensure the continued proliferation of human beings!
Isn’t this awesome? Isn’t this concept advanced?
Artificial Intelligence
Musk has two views:
First: Artificial Intelligence is absolutely necessary!
Second: Artificial intelligence must develop a corresponding "brain-computer interface" in the early stages!
The general meaning is that, in Musk’s view, artificial intelligence will definitely surpass humans in intelligence when it develops to a certain extent. Therefore, at the beginning of the development of artificial intelligence, it must Design an interoperability mechanism that binds artificial intelligence and human brain thinking, and the human brain thinking must be in the dominant position. Only in this way will artificial intelligence be permanently controlled by humans, ensuring the safety of human beings in the future!
Summary
After reading this, have you noticed that the starting point of Musk's various businesses is based on the concept of "humanity will be better in the future". He is not like most CEO, all he sees is money! If the leader of this kind of technological empire is not allowed to be worshiped by capable people, then who should be worshiped?
He represents the future of mankind, and of course he has touched many people’s cakes, so some people are trying to blackmail him. But the facts are there. Not only has he designed sci-fi, but he has also done sci-fi things like recycling rockets. It’s impossible not to admire him. As long as he can bring science and technology to a higher level, as long as he can realize an idea or dream, he can do whatever he wants to do, and this is enough for people to worship him. For example, SpaceX failed three times and dropped three rockets in order to recycle rockets. Musk sold cars, mortgaged real estate loans, continued experiments, and finally successfully recycled rockets. This kind of person can lose a lot of wealth for his dream and remains unmoved and sticks to his dream. This is enough to be admired. And because his innovation has really made a big step forward in human aerospace technology, even if he does not succeed, he must be a bright new star belonging to this era.
Musk is also a figure I admire very much. Sometimes I have to lament the gap between people in this world. Musk is a genius, and a very hard-working genius. , you can’t tell whether he is an entrepreneur or a scientist. If he is an entrepreneur, he can invest in SpaceX’s R&D center regardless of the cost, and learn a lot of aerospace knowledge by himself, and develop rocket technology. It is obviously the work of a scientist
If he is a scientist, he founded Paypal very early and pioneered Internet payment. Later, Alipay and WeChat payment were all What I learned from him is that Tesla electric cars are unparalleled.
If he is a scientist and entrepreneur, he can come up with many seemingly unrealistic ideas. , or even adventures, things that only science fiction novelists can think of, such as immigrating to Mars, and his SpaceX is also working hard for this. Some people say: If anyone talks to me seriously about immigrating to Mars, I will definitely think he is a lunatic, but If Musk talks about this, it's probably serious and realistic and has already been implemented.
Musk is a billionaire, but he does not take money as seriously as some wealthy people in China. He does not have wives and concubines everywhere, luxury cars everywhere, and bodyguards lined up. They didn’t go around buying luxury goods to show off their wealth, because those who were truly rich didn’t need to show off their wealth. They didn’t leave their money to their sons and grandchildren like some rich people in China. The cutting-edge field, this is his true greatness.
After reading a lot of comments here, I can’t help but feel the difference between our country and the United States. In the United States, the overall attitude of society and culture towards grand and bold creativity and innovation is supportive. Although there are certainly voices of doubt, overall it is supportive and there is more support for those geniuses who are willing to work hard to make positive changes. Adoration, understanding, tolerance and support. And our country’s culture seems to have always been dominated by doubts. Most people are quick to succeed, and most people don’t believe it. This can be seen from the fact that there are so many doubts about people like Musk. Those who are completely ignorant of the achievements of Tesla and SpaceX in their respective industries will see that Tesla’s car interiors are not good, will spontaneously ignite and get out of control, and they will completely fail to see that if it were not for Musk and Tesla , now the entire automobile industry will not transform towards electrification as it does now, and Tesla is the only new car company in the American automobile kingdom that has been able to successfully mass-produce in the past 100 years. Those who have seen it but choose to be skeptical will say that spaceX would not have been successful if it had not been supported by NASA. Musk is also a person who knows how to brag. But I don’t know that any success will definitely require the support of the right time, place and people. Not everyone can conceive of a huge and magnificent vision, call on and attract those who are like-minded to work together, and be willing to work hard to realize it step by step. When Tesla was founded more than 10 years ago, its goal was not to make money by selling electric cars, but to promote the transformation of humankind into renewable energy transportation. This is such an ambitious goal, and it is being realized step by step. It is only partially correct to say that SpaceX was successful because of the support of NASA, because no one can make humankind a multi-galactic race as the mission of the company like Musk, and not everyone can continue to do so in the early days of SpaceX. When the launch fails and no one is willing to invest money, you throw all your personal savings into it. As long as the last launch fails, you will go bankrupt and work hard. If colonizing Mars had not been the goal, there would not have been the idea of ??recycling and reusing rocket boosters. Others would not even dare to think about it, but Musk led his team to do it.
Faced with such people, the main ones they get in the United States are support, while the main ones they get in China are doubts. This may be because our country is not as good at innovation from 0 to 1. Others may be lagging behind and getting beaten because of the deep-seated reasons. Very sad and uncomfortable.
This may be why our country has been unable to produce individuals and innovations that can truly change the world in recent generations.
Musk's video has been forwarded several times. In just twenty years, from the earliest Internet payment to the birth of Tesla electric cars, it can be recycled and reused The Falcon launch vehicle, the Dragon spacecraft, and the 60 satellites in one arrow a few days ago, the formation of the space star chain, as well as the tunnel company and the solar cell company, all of them have made amazing and shocking achievements! Apart from anything else, Musk is the fourth aviation giant after the three major aerospace countries, the United States, Russia and China (and it is only a private company). The scientific and technological strength of a private company can rival those of the three major countries. Its achievements can be said to be It is unprecedented and unprecedented. Both business giants, the founders of Google and Amazon, have expressed their willingness to donate their personal property to people like Musk after their death, because such people can promote the development of science and technology and change the world. human life.
People admire the SpaceX boss mainly because of his achievements. In September 2017, Elon Musk released a very sci-fi photo of an astronaut wearing a spacesuit standing in front of the Dragon spacecraft. This outfit is considered the most beautiful SpaceX spacesuit. The ultra-modern spacesuit adopts a black and white design, which matches the interior design of the Dragon spacecraft. Compared with the bulky spacesuits previously used for space walks, it is very thin and light.
Although this kind of lightweight spacesuit can only be used inside the space station, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station and the astronauts entered and have already put them on.
This is achievement. The "Dragon spacecraft" of the American company SpaceX docked with the International Space Station (ISS) after orbiting the earth for 18 times. The astronauts from the International Space Station also entered the Dragon spacecraft. There is a dummy named Ripley (named from the movie "Alien") inside the Dragon spacecraft. Ripley is equipped with sensors to collect relevant data. For the human space industry in 2019, SpaceX can be said to have once again led the pace of space launches in the United States. It can be said that the success of the manned Dragon spacecraft docking with the space station has cheered the United States to get rid of its dependence on Russian launch carriers.
Specific to the characteristics of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, it is actually a manned version of the "Dragon" cargo spacecraft. It adopts a streamlined design. The primary purpose of SpaceX's project is to provide The International Space Station transports NASA astronauts, with the ultimate goal of using it to send humans to Mars. In 2019, SpaceX plans to conduct manned tests of the Dragon spacecraft and provide launch services for Boeing's CST-100 "Starliner". SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, also known as "Dragon 2" and "Dragon V2", was originally named "DragonRider". This advanced spacecraft has an advanced crew module. "Dragon 2" is 8.1 meters high, 3.7 meters in diameter, 14 cubic meters in volume, 6,400 kilograms in net weight, 3,310 kilograms in load, and 3.5G in reentry load. The Dragon spacecraft has powerful space retention capabilities.
According to SpaceX’s plan, after the Dragon spacecraft is launched, it will carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Although the mission time has not been announced, it has powerful space retention capabilities. Able to ensure the success of the first flight test. The space capsule of the Dragon spacecraft can accommodate 7 astronauts and can carry out 10 space flights before reconstruction. It is another highlight of SpaceX's repeatable launch. The nose cone is used for docking and also houses a backup parachute. Main thrusters power the landing and escape systems, ***4. There are 18 maneuvering thrusters for space maneuvering.
The internal structure of the Dragon spacecraft is very sci-fi, and the ultra-modern design in black and white style gives people a strong visual impact. The interior seats seven and is made of carbon fiber and Alcantara. When SpaceX designed the internal structure of the Dragon spacecraft, it designed four windows to give astronauts the joy of space viewing based on the concept of allowing astronauts to have a pleasant space travel. There is a sleek digital display inside the manned cabin, which displays the position and attitude of the spacecraft in space as well as information about the equipment inside the manned cabin. The cabin is designed with advanced environmental control systems and life support systems, and the cabin temperature is controlled at 65 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit (18.3 to 26.7 degrees Celsius). The Dragon spacecraft was launched via SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket, which first entered public view in May 2018 and is the most distinctive example of the company's recyclable rockets. The private company SpaceX designed the Dragon spacecraft as a fully autonomous spacecraft. The astronauts only need to monitor data inside the spacecraft to understand the flight dynamics. In fact, the Crew Dragon spacecraft is a commercial manned space project jointly conducted by SpaceX and NASA. In 2015, NASA selected SpaceX to conduct manned commercial space launches to ensure the personnel transportation mission of the International Space Station. This is the first time that NASA has allowed SpaceX to transport American astronauts. . It can be said that business space flight is no longer far away from ordinary people.
After the Dragon spacecraft completes its mission, it will still recover (or splash down) astronauts in the ocean, and the landing mission can be completed in the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, if approved , the company will use the Gulf of Mexico as an alternate recycling location. Interestingly, SpaceX named the unmanned ship used for the initial landing of "Falcon 9" "Of course I still love you"! The escape system of the Dragon spacecraft is very advanced and is used to ensure the safety of astronauts. In the event of a malfunction, the system can quickly detach from the rocket.
The escape system is designed with a racing-style seat. The escape method is not to eject one astronaut one after another, but to eject the entire crew cabin. This design is currently the first of its kind.
The Dragon spacecraft has four main parachutes for the sea landing of the return capsule, and multiple drogue parachutes are responsible for "braking" before the main parachute is opened. Before the official flight, SpaceX conducted 16 simulated parachute tests to prove the reliability of the recovery system.
In essence, Musk may indeed be a person who is very good at marketing and building momentum. His grasp of user psychology and brand building include marketing. The understanding is beyond ordinary people.
In addition, the industries Tesla is involved in are very high-tech, so among the younger generation and even those who are interested in hardware and technology, Tesla’s The founder Musk is almost a god.
Especially those in our country who advocate entrepreneurial success, in fact, although Musk has not yet reached such a high level, whether it is Tesla Motors or previous Space
So even if he is a person who may be more focused on marketing and understands user psychology better, he is still a potentially qualified role model or model. In comparison, there are very few such people in our country. Most of the people are probably more talkative, such as Jia Yueting or the guy who builds hydrogen fuel cars!
Of course, in essence, Elon Musk may not be as absolutely outstanding as most people think, but from a business perspective, he is indeed doing pretty well. Successful. From a marketing perspective, it has also successfully created a relatively good image. I think this is enough. In addition, Tesla itself is very good in the field of electric vehicles and has space x. The technical performance is also excellent.
So Musk can afford such an honor.
We need God in this era, and I think the only one who can take on this position is Musk. What he did really changed this era, and it was no less great than the first industrial civilization. He is still very young, and he is destined to bring many surprises to mankind in his life. An awesome person like this really hopes that he can never die. He is not only the Musk of the United States, but also the Musk of the world.
Musk is a legendary figure like Steve Jobs in the global business community. Many people say that the prototype character of the Hollywood movie "Iron Man" is Musk, which is a tribute to Musk. affim.
Entrepreneurs are divided into two categories: one is earth entrepreneurs and the other is cosmic entrepreneurs;
Musk He is the most typical cosmic entrepreneur. His dream is the "sea of ??stars" used by countries around the world to praise China!
Musk founded Tesla electric vehicles, solar energy companies, spaceX and other high-tech companies. spaceX plans to send 1 million humans to Mars to immigrate, and solar companies provide production needs Energy, Tesla provides transportation, and Mars immigration has taken shape
While we are still thinking about how to live better on earth, Musk has already set his sights To the universe.
Not only Musk, but also Amazon’s Bezos’ dream is to reach the stars and the sea, and Blue Origin is also breaking through the constraints of the earth.
Jack Ma and Alibaba’s “One Stop, One Star” plan also gave us a lot of imagination.
How can we not like entrepreneurs like Musk, Bezos, and Jack Ma who can pave the way for the future destiny of mankind?