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by secstate 3832 days ago
Exactly! The Burj Dubai is an impressive landmark to construction, and so are the Pyramids of Giza. But one took 40K manual laborers and decades of work, and the other took a crew of thousands and a couple of years. There are more things at play than whether something is possible. As the OP noted, what SpaceX is attempting is sustainability and that, as any investor knows, is the secret sauce in long term success.