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Re:Elon Musk’s Space Dream Almost Killed Tesla by dba7dba on Friday May 15, 2015 @12:06PM (#9551488)
What other nation or private entity has come up with a visionary idea in space industry? Let me remind you he first thought about sending a life capsule to Mars on a former ballistic missile. Isn't that visionary enough ya?

And how about Tesla?

Re:Elon Musk’s Space Dream Almost Killed Tesla by ForHackernews on Friday May 15, 2015 @06:25PM (#9554068)
> What other nation or private entity has come up with a visionary idea in space industry?

How about building inflatable space stations? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigelow_Commercial_Space_Stati...

Or mining asteroids?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_Resources

For my money, either of those is more "visionary" than "a rocket booster that costs somewhat less than previous rocket boosters".

Now granted, they're both a lot less practical, and it's true that making things cheaper is often a crucial first step towards making them better.