The issue is that he is doing actual damage because it turns out that what was thought to be an aspirational goal (going to Mars) is the actually only goal. Tha

The issue is that he is doing actual damage because it turns out that what was thought to be an aspirational goal (going to Mars) is the actually only goal. That means all the uses this new capability has become superfluous until that goal is achieved. To me it became clear he is actually a moron and there is no deeper plan when the aspirational starship concept wasn't paired with him pointing out the other advantages it has. For example: * the estimated useable m³ capacity makes a special variant of a starship the equivalent to the ISS in capacity - now imagine docking 4 of those to a HUB. And that is without reusing the wet-workshop concept of space-lab. * for the same reason nobody point out that it makes zero sense to use a starship as a landing system and not turn it into an instant moon base. The wet workshop concept applies here as well. That is just two ways starship could be used as soon as it is orbit capable - Neither would need atmospheric re-entry