Even the biggest believers have finally had to confess that the real Elon doesn't live up to the hype. In the process of screwing everyone else, Musk has screwed himself.
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The thing that makes the design-by-failure approach possible for SpaceX and no one else is the same thing that made stainless steel the only choice for Starship: Money.
Musk has Bezos' companiesāboth of themāin a vise. And he has an excellent opportunity to squeeze.
In the U.S. alone, four new launch vehicles are slated to take their first flight in 2025.
NASA is not a business. It was never intended to be a business. The rockets, the probes, and even the Moon landings are, at best, secondary goals.
Billionaires are fighting to throw away democracy to protect their biggest, most expensive, and most beloved toys.
The United States has only two choices here: strip Musk's companies of government contracts, or nationalize SpaceX and remove him from it.
After many delays, technical and regulatory, this November could see an amazing pair of rocket launches that could have as much to say about our future as the election.