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Elon also plays a big role in engineering. He has stated many times that most engineering decisions go directly through him.

His title at the company is Founder and _Chief Engineer_



Ok could we maybe get a second opinion?


This post quotes top SpaceX engineers like Tom Mueller, Kevin Watson, Garrett Reisman, Josh Boehm, and others like John Carmack about Musk's involvement in engineering:

https://old.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/k1e0ta/eviden...


I'm an engineer. My second opinion is that Elon is a better engineer than me.




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