Like him or not, Elon Musk has an uncanny ability to figure things out. Of course he's wrong on some things, but for the most part, I wouldn't discount anything he says.
Elon Musk is literally the Chief Engineer at SpaceX. His technical proficiency is validated by other senior engineers who work there, as well as senior engineers at NASA. There are also countless hours of unedited footage of him demonstrating his deep technical understanding of rocket engineering.
This lie seems mostly accepted only by non-technical people in technical fields from what I've found out. Leads me to believe Elon actually is one of those great people that will be more appreciated after his passing.
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