The laughing was at the start, before Falcon 9 made it into orbit. There was very little laughing at the starship RUDs. I think it's pretty clear that this dev

The laughing was at the start, before Falcon 9 made it into orbit. There was very little laughing at the starship RUDs. I think it's pretty clear that this development model is far superior now. Don't forget that big space had a big incentive to paint it as useless, to protect their pork barrel.