Comment by redis_mlc

> 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.