Elon Musk’s Carefully Crafted Unscheduled Disaster

Fast trends redefine, trigger change. Resistance met. Language, logic deteriorate. Rare transition brings cultural, economic change.

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Elon Musk's recent rocket explosion shows how language and logic can be twisted. Musk thrives in his own oxymoronic reality.

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Reuters described the explosion of SpaceX's Starship rocket as a "successful failure" and linked it to Musk's business philosophy.

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NYT amused by SpaceX's euphemistic description of rocket explosion as "rapid unscheduled disassembly", a.k.a. explosion.

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Musk's rare euphemism for his aerospace failure applies to the cultural and geopolitical drift of the US in 21st century.

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Elon Musk's nonsensical naming choices have their own rationality, reflecting his belief that names should be a source of laughter.

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SpaceX's explanation for their failed Starship test made sense: it was a development test meant to gather data for future attempts.

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In Musk's hands, technology and science are now subordinated to the laws of consumerism, generating excitement to achieve goals.

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