Comment by Danieru
5 years ago
Space-X took years to become viable. The US defense industry is maintained under the experience of WW2 when ramp up time was measured in months.
Letting the US defense industry die off and lose capacity would but the US years behind in any total war.
For sure total war is unthinkable now in our globalized world. Yet the past thought so too, right before 2 world wars.
> Space-X took years to become viable.
All of Elon Musk's companies are welfare queens, whether SpaceX or SolarCity.
> For sure total war is unthinkable now in our globalized world.
Kinetic wars haven't been formally declared for around 150 years.
China has been in an undeclared war against the USA for 40 years, and the US just started responding in 2019.