Maybe the approach is also a bit outdated? Spacex is not just building a rocket, theyre building a fully reusable, low cost, high volume space launch system. Th

Maybe the approach is also a bit outdated? Spacex is not just building a rocket, theyre building a fully reusable, low cost, high volume space launch system. That might involve innovating and cutting fat off the design of the entire set of facilities, not just the rocket. If we were just doing things the way they've always been done on faith that the people that did it did it right the first time we wouldn't have falcon 9, much less starship.