Originally Posted by
TheFiddler
Yet they've already surpassed NASA, and by default Boeing, as the US space launch customer of choice.
Why couldn't they do it with an aircraft?
Because just about everything Elon is doing is based around getting to Mars. Electric Vehicle Tech, Rockets, Boring Tunnels...all technologies directly applicable to Moon and Mars colonies. IMO his focus is leaving this planet.
He will leave his people here on Earth if he succeeds, but those companies, imo, will be oriented towards exploration of space.