Comments by "David G" (@davidg3944) on "“Manned Aircraft are Dead” – A Lesson from History; the Jeune Ecole" video.

Thank you, Ed. I'm sure that Elon's investments in AI and autonomous technologies have nothing to do with his statements regarding the "shit" F-35. Nor does his spending almost $280M for the election of and subsequent wooing of djt and resultant integration into the US government have anything to do with his commercial interests. Of course not...
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@awatt Wiki's article "Aerospace manufacturer" says otherwise (numbers rough): USA $410B France $69B China $61B UK $49B Germany $46B Russia $27B
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@jtjames79 Sending stuff into orbit is physics. Sending men, materiel, and creating strategy for military operations is a little different [/S], and requires vastly more flexibly and capability reserves. If you think that can all be replaced by the (figurative) snapped fingers of an AI, well, I can't fix that level of ignorance. P.S. I spent almost two decades in space sciences, including design and construction of satellite experiments. No direct military experience, but some interest from a human dynamics standpoint.
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@JeffBilkins I think he's still busy trying to rescue the Thai soccer team...
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Where's my "shocked Pikachu face" emoji when I need it?
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@tombearclaw The origami death-mobile?
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Musk at least has some value in pushing tech forward. The true conman is the guy who's the upcoming US president, but the two together are trouble cubed.
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@robertmoffett3486 As soon as I get my giant Hoover repaired, I'll open my VacuumX transport system for volunteer test drivers!
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