Ever since the pivot to having SpaceX go public, claiming Mars plans would be taking a back seat, and burdening SpaceX with X, I am convinced it is just about fundraising. He broke pretty much every promise about SpaceX's long term ambition.
replyMaybe he did once believe in these things, but he has definitely changed on that now.
Pie-in-the-ski, "humanity needs this so we survive the next 10,000 years" ideas are not good vehicles for fundraising.
replyDepends on your crowd. He doesnt often sell them as 10,000 year Long Now projects but that he'll achieve 10,000 year projects in 2 years.
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