alt Hacker News> SpaceX was in fact founded with the architect of SDI
> Griffin who went from the CIA to become head of NASA and funded the early SpaceX (10x from what Musk himself put in!)
Strawman eh? You pretty much claimed that Griffin funded SpaceX, and not just that, that he invested 10x as much as Musk.
Now you go around editing your comments. Lol.
It is not a strawman to say that what you said is non even nearly close to reality.
Everything I said is correct. Griffin previous led SDI, later controlling NASA, directing 10x funding to SpaceX (before they had ever had any launch success), Griffin having previously been President of In-Q-Tel the venture capital arm of the CIA, Griffin was also part of the original visit to Russia with Musk on 2001 to look at ICBMs.
This is all very well documented. NASA provided the funds, not the CIA directly, so I'm simply not sure why you feel the need to keep insisting on that particular strawman argument. I do hope these facts aren't too bothersome just because they don't quite fit the usual Mars narrative.
Because, wouldn't you know it, Mr. Griffin was also a leader over at the Mars Society! He gave the co-keynote speech for Elon's original Mars Oasis pitch right there at their gathering. You can still find it written down in the old meeting agendas, if you'd ever care to take a look for yourself.
I've been in the industry for 35 years. Don't take everything these magical leaders say at face value. The reality is more down to earth.