Comment by panick21

This not actually a good reason. First of all, of course you can't get anything better if you never ask for anything better or consider alternatives or put any money into anything better.

If you never invested in anything else, then the M4 Sherman tank would still be the best tank. And then you could say 'we can't get anything better' and continue to use it while refusing to ever even put 1$ into developing anything else.

And actually there are plenty of ways, even without Starship to do these things differently.

I remember when SLS fans in 2016 told me that SLS is real and Falcon Heavy is fake. Even when Falcon Heavy and now New Gleen can do most things SLS can.

One NASA Administer was almost fired for exploring if Orion could launch on Falcon Heavy.

The thing is NASA is not looking for alternatives, and it doesn't matter if Starship is fully proven and operational. People will still say its not the same, because Starship will need refuel and isn't direct.

You can always find a reason to justify one solution if you only ever consider that solution and refuse to even look at any other possibility.