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I have a feeling that Gwynne Shotwell has basically told Elon to stay away from everyday operations. He's demonstrably unstable at this point, and SpaceX operations are too life-threatening to have Elon be more than a figure-head and financier at this point.

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Could be, you're certainly not the only one with that vibe.

If so, she's a miracle worker given all the rest of what we're seeing.

That said, the way he talks about the rockets? Sure, he's ambitious, but he does seem to act like he recognises the laws of physics don't respond to "screw the rules I have money".

Not surprising considering his physics background...

He's away from everyday operations, but he is most definitely the actual chief engineer of Starship - the one with final word, not necessarily the one doing all the work.

That's just a title; it may not really mean much for actual operations. The guy's too busy with Xitter to be actually doing any engineering at SpaceX.

No, it's not a title. He did enough engineering to be the one who did the key decisions.

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