SpaceX to Boeing and the design of spreadsheets

[rockytopva]

Elon Musk is no stranger to picking fights with rivals — and now he's turning his fire on Boeing. The SpaceX founder attacked the outgoing Boeing CEO, David Calhoun, on Tuesday, accusing the beleaguered aircraft company of losing touch with its engineering roots in a post on X.

"The CEO of an aircraft company should know how to design aircraft, not spreadsheets," Musk wrote in response to a post about Calhoun's accountancy degree. - Elon Musk is beefing with Boeing again, calling out its CEO and saying he should be able to 'design aircraft, not spreadsheets'

 

[mindlight]

Elon Musk is no stranger to picking fights with rivals — and now he's turning his fire on Boeing. The SpaceX founder attacked the outgoing Boeing CEO, David Calhoun, on Tuesday, accusing the beleaguered aircraft company of losing touch with its engineering roots in a post on X.

"The CEO of an aircraft company should know how to design aircraft, not spreadsheets," Musk wrote in response to a post about Calhoun's accountancy degree. - Elon Musk is beefing with Boeing again, calling out its CEO and saying he should be able to 'design aircraft, not spreadsheets'

The Boeing culture is one of the reasons we are slow to get back into space after the success of the Apollo missions. Everything is overpriced, over schedule and too much hassle to organize. Musk got SpaceX into a position where it has taken over the space launch industry and has ambitions for Mars. Boeing seems more interested in shareholders than visions of a better world(s)

 

[Arcangl86]

Elon Musk is no stranger to picking fights with rivals — and now he's turning his fire on Boeing. The SpaceX founder attacked the outgoing Boeing CEO, David Calhoun, on Tuesday, accusing the beleaguered aircraft company of losing touch with its engineering roots in a post on X.

"The CEO of an aircraft company should know how to design aircraft, not spreadsheets," Musk wrote in response to a post about Calhoun's accountancy degree. - Elon Musk is beefing with Boeing again, calling out its CEO and saying he should be able to 'design aircraft, not spreadsheets'

Elon is really not one to talk considering all the engineering issues both Tesla and Space X have been dealing with recently.

 

[rockytopva]

David "Hillbilly Dave" Calhoun

I live about 5 miles from Virginia Tech and have worked their bookstore. Beautiful campus and nice small town. But... The graduates have become poor CEO's...

John Asbury - CEO at Atlantic Union - Business Degree at Virginia Tech
David Calhoun-CEO at Boeing - Business Degree at Virginia Tech

John Asbury... David Calhoun.... No doubt fine people, wonderful personalities, and good family men. But in my opinion terrible CEO's. When I go into an Atlantic Union Bank, in which I have accounts, I never can find any actual bankers. Only hired hands who will help me connect to the Internet. When I Google Boeing all I can find are problems and mishaps.

 

[mindlight]

Elon is really not one to talk considering all the engineering issues both Tesla and Space X have been dealing with recently.

Space X are progressing and starship is almost ready:

SpaceX accomplishes first soft splashdown of Starship, Super Heavy Booster on Flight 4 mission – Spaceflight Now

 

[Arcangl86]

Space X are progressing and starship is almost ready:

SpaceX accomplishes first soft splashdown of Starship, Super Heavy Booster on Flight 4 mission – Spaceflight Now

The two previous tests ended in explosions. I won't deny they are improving, but it kinda works against his idea that engineering issues shouldn't exist.

 

[rockytopva]

Boeing... A Starliner stuck in space and the 777X stuck in certification... Not good!

 

[durangodawood]

.....Boeing seems more interested in shareholders than visions of a better world(s)

...or even just visions of a better product.

Thats contemporary American capitalism.