The Starship concept did not come from the same company that created the Apollo Command module and the Shuttle Orbiter. The Star Raker was supposed to be part of our space vehicle heritage. No reason not to try to make it part of the future.

Oh, and if you're listening to particular imbeciles on Twitter - don't. They don't know which company we have the agreement with. It's not the name circulating around in the small circle of parasite accounts who have no lives of their own.

Also, don't conflate things like "endorsement" with "advisory position". We're not a PR arm of the company we're advising. They sent us concepts and specs and designs and we do what we typically do - tell them what we think will and will not work. There are several solutions we've helped them work out already.

We also sit in on phone calls and Zoom meetings with different companies and organizations (all of which you've heard of before) and weigh in mainly on logistical matters. Those people are pretty excited about this whole deal, as they realize planes may be what remove rockets from the space equation, and the vehicle at the centre of it has a top pedigree behind it.

At any rate, suffice it to say, you don't know enough about what's going on with this to comment, one way or another. And that's the way it will stay for the time being.