Elon Musk

[Fake Messiah]

C'mon Paleophyte, it's pretty silly to equivocate contemporary civilian aerospace companies with the US government at a time when they were in a
near-panic over the progress the Soviets had made in space compared to us.

I do share your concerns regarding Musk's caviler attitude regarding space tourism. There have been at least two bold (but risky) missions involving all-civilian crews. I breathed a sigh of relief when the "Hello Moon" guy backed out. I'm old enough to remember the Challenger disaster like it was yesterday.

That said, there is no way that even a disaster would set us back further than SpaceX has already advanced us. Without Falcon 9, a practical, reusable, orbital rocket system would not even be on the horizon. Few people thought it was even possible.

Yes, he was involved in Falcon 9, but that doesn't mean he can send humans to Mars, create robotaxies, create robot butlers, or some other thing that he promised.

And that Falcon 9 is not reusable fast enough as Musk imagines it to be, thus it will never land Spaceship even on the Moon.

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