EXCLUSIVE: Musk's modest abode: Elon's $50,000 Texas ranch is laid bare for first time - complete with rocket-shaped kids' playhouse and Tesla solar panels - just a block from SpaceX Starbase and two miles from Mexican border

Daily Mail ^ | 05/06/2022 | BEN ASHFORD IN BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS

[poconopundit]

PING. What a thought-provoking, inspiring, and non-sugar-coated tribute to this sterling human being.

At the age of 95, when Musk eventually dies in his sleep inside his self-designed 375-square-foot living pod on the red planet, this quality of eulogy is all you could ask for.

Musk is more than his many achievements. And I thank you, HKMk23, for measuring the under-appreciated moral dimensions of the man.

[sbnsd]

Those are great points.

[jmcenanly]

If you thought that living next to the airport would be noisy, think of being within earshot of these spacecraft.

[Rebelbase]

The article says there are still nine property owners who have not yet sold to to SpaceX.

[21twelve]

Interesting thought. I guess the difference between “annoying” and “cool” is the frequency of the event.

[Hot Tabasco]

He normally arrives late at night, he goes straight inside and rarely comes out.

I suspect that house is just a place to crash for a few hours sleep then he's off to work again before the sun comes up.

There was an elderly lady who worked in the accounting depart at the plant I worked for.

She only needed about three hours sleep then she was up around 3:00 a.m. and doing seamstress stuff for other employees.

[fso301]

Probably a slim chance that you could just take a walk by the house without being greeted by some very fit looking neighbors.

[Cecily]

Another Howard Hughes in the making?

Where do all those kids from his first marriage live, and his ex-wife (their mother)? Are they near him in Texas?

[V K Lee]

“A down-to-earth” Howard Hughes. Not nearly the eccentric.
Actually, read somewhere he owned no property, home. He would flop at a friend’s home, stay a short time and
move on. It read as though he had many friends and felt comfortable enough sleeping in a spare bed, on a
sofa when the need arose.

[Jonty30]

That’s a trailer by another name. 😁
My point was that he didn’t stay at that house all the time.

[dljordan]

“That’s awfully dumb.”

I imagine his security is fairly good.

[suthener]

So...I can say I own a house in the same price range as the world’s richest person? Cool.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks poconopundit.

[Flaming Conservative]

Really. Oh boy!

[redinIllinois]

Thanks for making those great points

And he is doing more to help the Ukranians, with satellites than countries that should be helping them against Russia

[markman46]

yes there are, one of them video documents the goings on around spacex.

[GOPJ]

I respect that he’s not behaving like the Hollywood set thinking everyone wants to know what he thinks because of his billions, but has been just kind of a real guy in all this; I mean, he gave two hours to The Babylon Bee, for Heaven’s sake. If there’s a sociopolitical point further removed from the din of Hollywood narcissism I’m not aware of it.

You're right on every point - but I especially liked this part. Thanks for sharing.

[subterfuge]

Not exactly Del Boca Vista.

[HKMk23]

Yes, that’s true.

In fact, Russia engaged in Electronic Warfare and disrupted StarLink, but Elon’s team uploaded a software revision that completely naturalized the threat; probably by removing a weakness Russia was exploiting, but that last bit is just a guess.

So, yeah, Elon has done more to shut down Russian hostility than the entire State Department.

[poconopundit]

“A down-to-earth” Howard Hughes.

Hey, V.K. It’s a good analogy, at least on the business side - and building aircraft.

Of course, Hughes was also almost a test pilot. Talk about having “skin-in-the-game”. One time he crashed and miraculously survived.