Comments by "Digital Nomad" (@digitalnomad9985) on "The Evolution Of The SpaceX Starship | Answers With Joe" video.
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@TheBasqueWasp
"competing against the Arianne program. They can only do that by recycling as much as they can, since it is Arianne's Achiles' heel. "
In fact, it is the weakness of every launch provider before SpaceX. NASA's Space Shuttle was an attempt to address this but failed because it was run by a government agency, and a government agency cannot cut costs. I am not sure what point you are trying to make here. Are you saying that reusing rockets is cheating?
"Mars is a mirage, a mediatic hype to bloate their technological achievements. It is a lie."
Your assertion flies in the face of the evidence. SpaceX does not need general popularity. It needs investors and contracts. Musk's long term plans probably repel more of both than they attract. Lying about that is not in the interest of SpaceX. There is only one reason for him to enthuse about them, the obvious one. He is wearing his heart on his sleeve. Knowing that lecturing about his hopes will hurt his business prospects, he is such an enthusiast that he CAN'T keep silent.
"satellites in orbit for the project that supposedly will save SpaceX from bankrupcy, which is a bit of a vicious circle and paradoxic." [sic]
What is paradoxical about gaining market share by underselling the competition? You may not like it because it is "capitalist", but that does not make it paradoxical. Success is capitalist.
"NASA is taking people to the orbit of Mars within a decade (Obama dixit, just like JFK talked about the Moon landing), and if any, they will be the ones to colonize it"
Their track record suggests the opposite. Extraterrestrial colonies will never be implemented by governments.
"Besides, there is a space treaty banning any country from doing certain things in space, but guess what: private companies did not sign it. "
This is evidence that what you said immediately before is false.
"So we are aiming for a capitalist solar system, "
In a manner of speaking. The term "capitalist" was coined by Marx as a slander term for economic freedom, an essential pillar of personal freedom. The alternatives to a capitalist solar system are a despotic solar system and a dead solar system.
"It makes me laugh when they talk about the common good of mankind."
That's my line (about the opponents of freedom). Capitalists have a mixed history, but economic freedom is the mainspring of human progress and the source of all prosperity. Statists kill people, burn books, and destroy everything they touch, then lie about it.
Your final diatribe against capitalism in space undermines what you have already said in two ways. First of all, if you really thought that SpaceX was no threat of progress toward a capitalist solar system you would not waste your vituperation decrying how evil the prospect of capitalist space is in a screed against SpaceX. Secondly:
"They are not even trying it. We all want to believe it, I do too, "
Ah, no you don't. You can want SpaceX to succeed or you can want to avoid a capitalist solar system. You can't want both.
When I was a kid in the 60s, grandma bought me a children's book called "You Will Go to the Moon", which, along with a few science fiction novels and Mercury/Gemini/Apollo, made me a space enthusiast. I realized even then, at age 9, that space colonization would never be done as a science project or any other government program. Colonies have to have a prospect of profit, not necessarily money (although that is the usual means), but some benefit to those undertaking the project. (Mind you, if the means were mine, I would go and do it, profit be damned. But they aren't.) A major obsession of space enthusiasts consequently has been considering how extraterrestrial colonies can generate profit. It is the only game in town, whether you like it or not.
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