They're also highly profitable, and fund/subsidize future missions. Recall, Starship development was funded by Starlink.
We were able to land on the moon 60 years ago (why is Artemis IV not planned for 2029?) and nothing happend after.
Why would we have enough resources to start building stuff on moon OR even on Mars if we don't have enough resources (apparently) to make earth better?
So who will pay for any of it? And how much margin will be left after the other companies caught up to Space-X?
It's called the full-flow staged combustion cycle, supersonic retro-propulsion and reusable heat shields. Three technologies a certain company has shown mastery over.
> and nothing happend after
lack of political will
> we don't have enough resources (apparently) to make earth better
There's enough resources for both
> So who will pay for any of it?
Starlink customers. Anthropic. Any other AI inference customer.
> And how much margin will be left after the other companies caught up to Space-X?
They have had ~25 years. The nearest competitor is the entire nation state of China. The nearest commercial competitor is so far behind it is not even funny. SpaceX is so far ahead that when they announced that they are stopping reservations on their most successful vehicle, the whole market panicked [1]. There is so much demand that competitors are now bumping up prices on rockets that have not even flown yet [2].
[1] https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/analysts-find-looming-...
[2] https://investors.rocketlabcorp.com/news-releases/news-relea...
Do i want to go to space in general? yes. Do i want to go into space if there is nothing? No.
I mean breakthroughs in like technology which brings us to mars in an hour and to other galaxies. A signal of motivation to explore space itself.
The fact that it is there and that only a tiny tiny fraction of it has been explored is reason enough.
> if there is nothing?
How can you know there is nothing without actually exploring first?
> I mean breakthroughs in like technology which brings us to mars in an hour and to other galaxies
These don't happen magically. The work has to come first and breakthroughs happen as people live and work in challenging environments.
The least developed countries on earth are currently developing faster than any country ever has.
For billions of people life on earth is rapidly getting better.
Read Factfulness by Hans Rosling to get the facts.
My argument though was, that some people think we should go to mars and do stuff on mars or moon. Rocks without a chance of keeping themselves alive their without earth and whats their main reason? Because we need a backup for earth.
And for sure they are not responsible for the whole of us getting a little bit better.