Starship was the big scam, Elon sold a lot and in the end it became clear over time that really the entire point of Starship was never Mars, or even the Moon... or Space Tourism, a different type of vehicle would have probably been better for that, it's about reducing the cost of launch missions to maximize profit and take out the primary source of income of competing players so they can have a monopoly of space.
Are they ahead of everyone else? yes, sadly, but Starship is a questionable design for a lunar mission, starting with the fact that it'll require an elevator to go up and down... 50 meters down.
And for Mars it's even worse, no real way of refueling and even if there was, it's also hard enough for them to get off Earth imagine winging it from Mars with all the potential hazards such as dust.
Well at least Musk will make good money from space launches, hopefully Starlink is declared illegal for the potential future atmospheric catastrophy the massive launches of LEO satellites might cause.
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