The author is a well-known proponent of manned Mars missions. I would disagree with some proposals in the article - to me it looks easier just to use more Stars

The author is a well-known proponent of manned Mars missions. I would disagree with some proposals in the article - to me it looks easier just to use more Starship flights initially than to develop the Starboat early on (and in general the Starship capabilities seem to be misunderstood). I also suspect the nuclear energy points are taken too lightly. Author tries to propose scaling back missions, perhaps in attempt to reach lower economical thresholds, but it might also cost in other ways.