Because he doesn’t actually manage SpaceX. If he did, it will not be where it’s at now
China's Space Program News Thread
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He is still responsible for nurturing the company culture into the fast-paced pioneer it is today. Without him, it's doubtful the company would be as aggressive and risk-taking, in contrast with the glacial Blue Origin and basically every other rocket company.
The "fast-paced development method" is called "agile" which was first used by Toyota decades ago. Many industries have been doing so at the same time as Musk introduced it in SpaceX.
Once again, he did NOT invent it, but good at taking on the credit for himself. To be fair, it was actually his fans took the credit from Toyota for Musk. Neither did he invent the CBC configuration of Falcon Heavy contrary to many of his fans belief. It was Delta IV Heavy by McDonnell Douglas (now ULA). But his fans are happy to steal the credit.
I do see a strong pattern that companies good at publicity usually steal credit by their fans. Another example is Apple who famously "invented" multi-touch in their iphone, it was HTC who did it first on their Windows mobile phone. Fans seem to choose what they want to believe, pretty much like the divided voters in the US today.
I will have to stop here not to further derail the thread. But I wish people to think twice about what to believe.
Once again, he did NOT invent it, but good at taking on the credit for himself. To be fair, it was actually his fans took the credit from Toyota for Musk. Neither did he invent the CBC configuration of Falcon Heavy contrary to many of his fans belief. It was Delta IV Heavy by McDonnell Douglas (now ULA). But his fans are happy to steal the credit.
I do see a strong pattern that companies good at publicity usually steal credit by their fans. Another example is Apple who famously "invented" multi-touch in their iphone, it was HTC who did it first on their Windows mobile phone. Fans seem to choose what they want to believe, pretty much like the divided voters in the US today.
I will have to stop here not to further derail the thread. But I wish people to think twice about what to believe.
Since when did one have to "invent" something in order to be credited with its execution?
Consider China's space program. Long March 5 using "tried-and-tested" kerosene and hydrogen engines in no way diminishes the feat of engineering the rocket represents. When the rocket suffered a failure in its upper stage engine, it took years of redesigning the turbopump over and over again to correct unforeseen flaws in the design. Even Blue Origin is struggling with its turbopump issues.
Agile development sounds simple in concept, but actually applying it in a productive manner is far from trivial, especially in fields like aerospace where test failures are usually expensive. The fact that Toyota pioneered the concept means little. I have personally witnessed how a poor execution of agile development can kill productivity instead of boosting it.
Lastly, exaggerating your product's features is just standard marketing tactics, nothing wrong or unusual about that. If you are not doing it, you are going to lose to others who do. Sure, if you "overdo" it you can get a rabid fanbase, but most companies consider that a success, especially the ones in technology. In contrast, state-owned companies like CALT do not have to worry about advertising at all.
I said "his funs credited him of inventing", I did not say "credited him for its execution" which lead to your reply. Read my post again. If you have problem of reading, nothing you say further deserve answering.
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Back on topic: the guy we all love to talk about shares his thoughts on China's future rockets.
Agile development is a development method, it does not define the level of acceptable risk in a corporation. I think many programmers have experienced glacial speed agile development.
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