Re: Excellent piece
No, the Emperor is not naked, and this was not an expose of SpaceX's empty promises. You could say that if SpaceX had no realistic hardware and plan to achieve this goal. However, they do, and will do it some day Soon Enough.
Missing an estimate by a year or two does not make them liars or idiots or naked. I challenge you to find ANY multi-million dollar project that comes in on time these days. Let's have some perspective here.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
