How do you make a 70-year-old actor, look like one of the greatest players in NBA history? By doing what so many other basketball players did for James and giving him an alley-oop to dunk. Elon Musk is a divisive personality these days. Once seen as the savior of the sciences with his rebel spirit and desire to fund outlandish projects from his own money, now he's anything but.
His children have issues with him, his entire personal brand is now an alt-right talking point and his entire image of a free-thinking entrepreneur has been shredded by a poorly managed website and ugly-looking "trucks" that seem to have new cataclysmic issues each and every week. Pedals shouldn't come off and get stuck...that seems like a bad thing. Though I've never designed a car, so maybe getting it stuck and almost killing yourself is a design feature people want.
What do I know.
Musk isn't the man he once was, and it makes his desire to ferry mankind to space all the more heartbreaking. He clearly isn't embodying the ideas of Star Trek, even though he wants to so desperately. He even tweeted (I said tweeted) out "Let's make Starfleet Academy real!" A noble idea, after all, the show of the same name has officially begun production.
Yet, one Star Trek legend just had to remind Musk that he isn't the guy to make Starfleet a reality. Not anymore. Robert Picardo, who brilliantly played The Doctor for seven seasons on Star Trek: Voyager and will once again reprise that role in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, took to Twitter/X to reject Musk's idea, with the Star Trek icon saying;
""First step : Support a leader that embodies Starfleet values like diversity, inclusion and ethical behavior"."Robert PIcardo via Twitter/X
First step : Support a leader that embodies Starfleet values like diversity, inclusion and
— Robert Picardo (@RobertPicardo) August 27, 2024
ethical behavior.
Considering who Musk supports personally, politically, and professionally, it seems like an easy point to make. Musk hasn't endured himself with the public and has oftentimes been called out for his views, behaviors, and just outright actions.
If anyone is going to make Starfleet a reality, it shouldn't be someone like Musk, who has lost all goodwill possible in the years leading up to and since buying Twitter.