You're just ignoring how fucking insanely out of this world rich are SpaceX shareholders going to be in 30 years. Space mining and manufacturing at scale will t

You're just ignoring how fucking insanely out of this world rich are SpaceX shareholders going to be in 30 years. Space mining and manufacturing at scale will turn the world on its head, and Musk is the king of scaling technology. The first mover advantage of having thousands of rocketships with a convenient refuel stop and human settlement mid-trip to the asteroid belt is gigantic. Do you think he's really trying to bore tunnels under Las Vegas or wherever? Nah, that boring machine is going to be stuck to the nose of a Starship. SpaceX will be the CHOAM and Spacing Guild of our age. Yeah, Musk could've made money faster. He also could've simply retired after PayPal. Evidently he's not a person who'd do that.