SpaceX's rise can be traced to a critical launch from a Pacific isle
I have to say, it's surprising to me that none of the megacompanies is taking on true moon shots with their billions in spare cash sitting around.Google's "Moonshot" department is mostly ironic, at this point. Literal moonshots have been demonstrated by SpaceX to cost somewhere in the 2-20 billion dollar range with current technology.Makes me wonder why they're not funding more large scale research - throw a few billion at carbon sequestration, maybe?