Absolutely wasteful capital allocation

Elon Criticism

Many people criticize SpaceX for wasting money on failed rocket launches or cybertrucks. They really shouldn’t. These are all pennies that may actually pay out.

SpaceX basically paid the equivalent of tens of thousands of Starlink satellites or hundreds of full Starship test flights for a VS Code fork with AI glued onto it (Cursor). A product developers can switch away from in an afternoon.

Posted Aug 14, 2026, 12:35 AM UTC

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