# How does someone with no business acumen get to be the richest person in the world? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 14, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-someone-with-no-business-acumen-get-to-be-the-richest-person-in-the-world/974903 "2022-11-14T19:46:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 181
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-someone-with-no-business-acumen-get-to-be-the-richest-person-in-the-world/974903/181 "2022-11-22T05:19:51Z")
Well, you dug deep. A pity you didn’t actually read further: > [@private space programs-are any realistic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-space-programs-are-any-realistic/426134/26): > > The first failure of the Falcon 1 booster was due to the (entirely inappropriate) use of an aluminum fastener. Their explanation: we thought the more expensive fastener would be better, despite NAS and NASA guidelines to avoid the use of fastener alloys prone to stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in critical joining applications. ([“The irony is we are replacing them with a cheaper component to increase reliability,” he said.](http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060719_falcon1_update.html) No, Elon, that’s not irony, it’s bad reliability assessment and component selection.) That SpaceX has enjoyed the success that it has is entirely due to the efforts of the many skilled and talented engineers working there, and almost not at all from any supposed expertise or ‘leadership’ brought by Elon Musk. Stranger --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-someone-with-no-business-acumen-get-to-be-the-richest-person-in-the-world/974903)._