"Elon Musk is not an engineer!" screams Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (AOC). "He's just a fraud." In the clip above.
It's Look-in-the-Mirror time, AOC.
AOC has never created a single job in her life. In fact, she's denied people jobs. Her signature move as a Rep of New York City was to deny entry to Amazon, who wanted to build a fulfillment centre there, creating thousands of jobs. AOC was against it, "successfully", because the deal included some tax breaks for Amazon.
Not full tax breaks for Amazon, just some.
But to AOC, she would rather have 100% of NOTHING, than 80% of Something. Something pretty good at that. Well done AOC. You go, Girl!
No wonder Steve Mark Ryan in his above vid calls her Alexandra Occasional Cortex. Heh!
Meantime, Elon Musk has founded and built dozens of companies over the last 30 years. Companies now worth around 1.5 Trillion.
Today Musk's companies employ nearly 250,000 people, in skilled, high-paying jobs. All his companies are set to grow even further. To change and improve the world. Perhaps even to change the Solar System, if he plants Homo Sapiens on Mars.
In his very first company, Zip2, Elon invented the online mapping technology that we now use everywhere: you know, the one where you have a map, you zoom in, and it not only gets bigger but reveals more and more detail as you zoom in. We all know it on our Google Maps. Elon invented that technology at age 28. Sold it off, used the money to invest in what became e-Bay, sold that, and invested in Tesla and SpaceX. And the rest is history.
What have you done in the last week, AOC?
Yet this gormless woman has the nerve to claim that "Elon Musk is not an engineer".
"Oh, yes he is!" say a bunch of engineers. Heavy hitters all, in programming, space engineering, Aerospace, Astronauts.
Including (with Wikipedia entry):
John Carmack. Programmer and engineer
Robert Zubrin. Aerospace engineer
Garrett Reisman. NASA astronaut and engineer
Tom Mueller. Aerospace engineer and rocket engine designer
And others, at the X post of @SpaceSudoer
Oh, almost forgot: The betting sites have AOC as second favourite to be the Democratic nominee in 2028. After Gavin Newsom ffs. The mind boggles.
The debunking of AOC's absurd claim, from here, below the split: "Elon Musk is not an engineer."
John Carmack: Elon is definitely an engineer. He is deeply involved with technical decisions at SpaceX and Tesla. He doesn’t write code or do CAD today, but he is perfectly capable of doing so.
Robert Zubrin: When I met Elon it was apparent to me that although he had a scientific mind and he understood scientific principles, he did not know anything about rockets. Nothing. That was in 2001, by 2007 he knew everything about rockets – he really knew everything, in detail. You have to put some serious study in to know as much about rockets as he knows now. This doesn't come just from hanging out with people.
Eric Berger: Elon is the chief engineer in name and reality.
Josh Boehm: Elon is both the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer of SpaceX, so of course he does more than just some very technical work. He is integrally involved in the actual design and engineering of the rocket, and at least touches every other aspect of the business. Elon is an engineer at heart, and that’s where and how he works best.
Garrett Reisman: He’s obviously skilled at all different functions, but certainly what really drives him and where his passion really is, is his role as Chief Engineer. That’s the part of the job that really plays to his strengths.
Tom Mueller: Elon and the Propulsion department are leading development of the SpaceX engines, particularly Raptor.
Kevin Watson: Elon is brilliant. He’s involved in just about everything. He understands everything. If he asks you a question, you learn very quickly not to go give him a gut reaction. He wants answers that get down to the fundamental laws of physics. One thing he understands really well is the physics of the rockets. He understands that like nobody else. The stuff I have seen him do in his head is crazy. He can get in discussions about flying a satellite and whether we can make the right orbit and deliver Dragon at the same time and solve all these equations in real time. It’s amazing to watch the amount of knowledge he has accumulated over the years.
