My point, not to be overly disrespectful, is that suborbital flights are so different from what SpaceX has done that they seem like party tricks, not stepping s

My point, not to be overly disrespectful, is that suborbital flights are so different from what SpaceX has done that they seem like party tricks, not stepping stones. In the big picture, it's not a huge amount wasted, I was just remarking on it being less significant in retrospect than one might have hoped.