Post euphoric bliss
There's a rather significant aspect to the achievement for SpaceX as a private company rather than a government agency.
As Musk has shown in his accumulation of wealth, he is a businessman out to make a profit.
Will this most recent success yield shared knowledge that benefits large swathes of mankind, or concentrate that knowledge for (his) corporate profit? Will it be used to further science? Will it be used to cater for a very small elitist clientele? And so on.
Undoubtedly a great technological achievement but where does the road go now? There must be a more balanced way for billionaire czars to direct human endeavour, methinks.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
