I think he acted like an idiot
I don't know if there's anything more to it than that. I guess we'll find out from the court case. I'm a big fan of SpaceX, and I'm therefore excited to hear his announcements and love his achievements - that doesn't mean I like everything about him. I wouldn't say he's a total dick - everybody does dickish things sometimes. I'm not buying the idea that he did it to deflect from other stuff either; sounds a bit tin-foil-hat to me.
Same sort of thing regarding the shares. Maybe he'll get a fine or something. Mostly, I hope it won't impact on crew dragon/Falcon Heavy/BFR developments. Crew Dragon needs to start test flights really soon, to hit the April first crewed deadline. And after last weeks Soyuz accident, that's even more important. (Yeah, Boeing too, but having two is no bad thing.) And I'm really hopeful we'll see another FH launch this year, and maybe even a first BFR test...although realistically, that's probably gonna be 2019.
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