Setting aside the founder or company itself, philosophically and ethically the “ends justify any means” concept is deeply flawed.

natch 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I agree with your general statement, but in this particular case nobody has credibly articulated any real problem with the means.

Zigurd 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Especially when the ends are even less likely to work then Marxism Leninism

	▲	lstodd 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		But the scientific method does work. So we observe the experiment kindly undertaken by Mr Musk. And then when some results happen we decide. Remember, development of the R-7 into the most reliable expendable booster took about 40 years and that with full backing of a Soviet Union.