Ooh, Elon is going to have some funding sources breathing very hotly down his neck over this.
Whew.
It was a stupid project to begin with, just like that "space elevator" bullshit thing I've heard mentioned before.
Sometimes, you just gotta grab harebrained dreamers by the collar and reel them in before they do something stupid.
We all knew that guy in school. The guy that looked normal, but was actually 98% retarded.