[billoday]

In THIS case, a writer for the Atlantic with a bio of "Shannon Stirone is a freelance science writer based in the Bay Area" is criticizing. If we had an expert in planetary exploration doing the criticism, I think it would be a more interesting conversation, even if I feel that conversation would be FAR more nuanced than - "Mars bad. Elon Musk bad." Which is what I read here. If I agree with Elon's vision or not is immaterial - he's executing, I'm not, neither is the author. If I have a better idea, I should do it, or at least get it to a point of doable, then we can discuss if they are mutually exclusive or at cross purposes.