Elon Musk Deserves No Thanks

The latest NASA/SpaceX mission to bring astronauts back to Earth was a success and you’re probably thinking I’m finally going to give credit where credit is due and thank Apartheid Clyde. I’m not. Apartheid Clyde didn’t personally pilot the spacecraft–NASA and SpaceX engineers did the actual work. SpaceX gets government contracts funded by taxpayer money, so if anyone deserves the thanks, it’s the engineers, scientists, and public funding that made it happen. Apartheid Clyde just slapped his name on it and took the credit.

Musk’s fanboys are all over social media acting like he personally flew the capsule down with his bare hands. Meanwhile, it was NASA’s mission, taxpayer-funded, and executed by engineers who actually know that they’re doing. Musk just happens to own the company that got the contract.

It’s the same routine every time. NASA and a team of highly skilled engineers pull off a complex mission, and Musk cultists flood the internet acting like he personally strapped on a spacesuit and flew them home. Meanwhile, without billions in government contracts, SpaceX wouldn’t even exist at this scale.

It’s wild how people will credit him for everything, but when SpaceX has failures, suddenly it’s “the engineer’s fault” and not his. Apartheid Clyde is just a billionaire middleman who hoards credit and wealth.