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Starship barely makes orbit.
Holy shit the techbro Kool aid is potent here.
While I dislike the "techbro god" owner of SpaceX as much as the next guy, completely dismissing what they're doing is dumb af.
I would’ve been inclined to agree with you as of 10 minutes ago, until I read this Wikipedia article saying Starship refueling will require 10 or more launches. Damn, that means at least $1b to leave LEO assuming each launch is around $100m, so not really all that much cheaper than expendable stages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Propellant_Transfer_Demonstration
I don't like the guy. I'm just pointing out the expected costs. I don't care what the current status of the ship is. The point is the price that was given was ridiculous compared to what it even should be now, let alone an alternate version where it's common.