Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks that Elon Musk Is One of the Most Successful Entrepreneurs of All time

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DeGRASSE TYSON: "So, what Elon is pioneering is not what is impossible in space exploration. He’s pioneering what was unrealistic in terms of price, just cost. So the engineering is getting workover. But consider that he hasn’t done anything that NASA hasn't already done. The actual space frontier is still held by NASA, right? And it remains to be shown if his new ventures have commercial support, commercial, value?, Because if they don’t, then it’s a one-off and it’s a spectacle, but it’ll just — it'll go — what'll happen? It'll — you know, we'll all applaud it, but then he goes on to his other projects."