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The hubris coming with a too-big-to fail mentality is a dangerous thing, if human lives because just another boring parameter or financial trade-off to take into account. Maybe this applies to SpaceX, or maybe it doesn't, and I'm not really interested in filtering through the Musk-fan hysteria to understand what is really happening behind the scenes. But hubris brought us the Challenger disaster, and I hope not all lessons from the past went forgotten..

This opinion piece articulates your concern fairly well.. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/16/challe...




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