On: SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th test flight

[MOARDONGZPLZ]

Setting aside the founder or company itself, philosophically and ethically the “ends justify any means” concept is deeply flawed.

[natch → MOARDONGZPLZ]

I agree with your general statement, but in this particular case nobody has credibly articulated any real problem with the means.

[Zigurd → MOARDONGZPLZ]

Especially when the ends are even less likely to work then Marxism Leninism

[lstodd → Zigurd]

But the scientific method does work. So we observe the experiment kindly undertaken by Mr Musk. And then when some results happen we decide.

Remember, development of the R-7 into the most reliable expendable booster took about 40 years and that with full backing of a Soviet Union.