>>16776346
Why does everything have to be black and white with you? It's like you are a baby, please try to think with some nuance. The company is not a scam and I never said it is, but Musk is a genius showman and that's the most important thing he brings to SpaceX. He is fuelling Starship development by using his powers of investor hype. That incudes creating spectacular shows for investors to watch. The whole long test launch campaign approach is extremely expensive and may ultimately even take longer than just waiting until everything is ready. There is a reason nobody else does it like this, and no it's not just because they are incompetent. ULA would love to get away with the same shit if they could. The trick is that despite SpaceX having spent at least a billion on wasted launch vehicles, they have generated way more than that in funding rounds because of Musk's unique ability to hype.