If he wants to make Starship a reality, he needs permits and government contracts.
I met an African-American man about ten years ago who owned an excellent patent portfolio covering technology like this
https://patents.google.com/patent/US6695260
but he was the only black person I've ever met who hated Barack Obama. He was an extreme Republican, thought Democrats all worked for the anti-Christ, etc.
I figured there was no way he'd succeed at what he was trying to do because he'd need to make nice with the government no matter who the administration was. I haven't heard from him again.
I see Musk going down the same road. I can only imagine the last man is dying on Earth 1000 years from now and cursing: "If only Elon Musk didn't have to post that tweet we would have made it to Mars."
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