[haalcion3]

> SpaceX has no prospect of being able to afford the very large investment — at least $10 billion — required to develop a launch vehicle of this scale.

Adjusted for inflation, US gov't spent the equivalent of $65 billion/yr in the 1960's to get a man to the moon:

http://www.popsci.com/real-cost-nasa-missions

[qaq]

I remember Musk sayin the primary purpose of accumulating wealth for him was so he can fund this project.

[marze]

Isn't SpaceX founder Musk's stake in Tesla already worth more than $10B?

Obviously, that'd be backup to backup plan for funding.