https://idlewords.com/2025/02/the_shape_of_a_mars_mission.ht...

From this:

> The effect of this no-abort condition is to make Mars mission design acutely risk-averse.

"Acutely risk-averse" is not SpaceX.

And being acutely risk-averse also underscores my point. If we are actually acutely risk-averse, we aren't going from "still test-flighting and developing the launch vehicle" to "manned mission" in 9.5 years.