Launch Costs - This Isn’t About Rockets. It’s About Trust.

"Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth, sooner or later that debt is paid".
- Valery Legasov, The real life physicist from the HBO serial Chernobyl.

In the early 2010s, Elon Musk promised that reusable rockets would revolutionize space launch costs—by a factor of 100. Over a decade later, those claims have been put to the test by the harsh realities of physics, engineering, and economics.

And yet echoes of those early aspirational claims still resonate within our social consciousness. The idea that significant progress was made is accepted as fact by much of the public. Some even believe that his past success with rockets proves Elon is the right man to help shape America into a lean, mean, economic machine. But does this narrative hold up under scrutiny?

This video examines how aspirational predictions turned into accepted beliefs, how social media and content creators helped fuel the narrative, and why even today's AI models are reflecting a distorted version of reality.

As voters prepare to make decisions that affect our shared future, it's more important than ever to separate fact from fiction—and to hold those shaping public perception to a higher standard of accountability.

Watch before you vote. The truth matters.

Link to Carl Sagan Video: https://youtu.be/IDyx6f5J6ro?t=3308