If I'm not mistaken, MCT/ITS is something that's potentially still on the table, just kicked down the road until after Starship+Superheavy have proven themselve

If I'm not mistaken, MCT/ITS is something that's potentially still on the table, just kicked down the road until after Starship+Superheavy have proven themselves and demand for cargo+crew delivery capacity greater than what Starship is capable of (which is already absurdly high relative to predecessors) has materialized. It makes sense, because at that point building MCT/ITS is a matter of "just" scaling up Starship+Superheavy instead of starting from a blank slate. I believe earth-to-earth is still a consideration, too, if only because the US military has expressed interest in such capabilities.