| > It’s really cool, but no one reasonable said you cannot land rockets. People questioned if it’s worth it. Not true. > And this question still remains - they massively overestimated size of the market (they were planning to have launches weekly or more often). No it doesn't. Even launching less often it would have been worth it. And of course they did it the first time only a few years ago, the impact of dropping prices in launch are only really now starting to impact the industry. They are launching every 1-2 weeks. If SpaceX didn't do Starlink there would be 4-5 other companies wanting create such constellations. Many other large constellations are in planning. > But it successfully kicks can down the road. It made something possible that wasn't possible before and that was the whole point. > Boring tunnels? Look at the tunnel in Las Vegas and tell me with a straight face that this is a future of transportation. Its amazing how people look at the first prototype of something and make judgment. The first roadster was a not really a great car. The Falcon 1 wasn't really that great a rocket. If you said about the Falcon 1 'this is the future of rocketry'? No, Starship is where the whole development has lead to. Boring company public infrastructure company that is 5 years old and born out of a basically a hobby project. And they already done quite a bit in that time and are winning competitive bids for other projects. Most companies that want to build transportation infrastructure spend decades in project planning. Based on first principle you try to figure out the right solution. Then start building prototype and product and improve them significantly with each generation. What matters is speed of innovation and having the right conceptual idea. |