I have yet to see any broad visionary ideas from Musk/Space-X.

Everything they're doing, and are planning on doing, has already been done.

>Everything they're ... planning on doing, has already been done.

So landing a rocket after launch to re-use that rocket has already been done? Going to be interesting when they are the first to do so but it's already been done. I'd love to hear how you reason that.

Doing things in a more efficient, cheaper manner means innovating new ways of development, testing, and building. More 'affordable' ventures into space can lead to an array of improvements. More research satellites being sent into space, as an example, because instead of costing $12 million to ship into space it costs $4 million [0].

I'm sorry you don't see the value in such things, but rest assured it is there.

[0] figures made up, can't be bothered searching for accurate pricing

What other nation or private entity has come up with a visionary idea in space industry? Let me remind you he first thought about sending a life capsule to Mars on a former ballistic missile. Isn't that visionary enough ya?

And how about Tesla?

> What other nation or private entity has come up with a visionary idea in space industry?

How about building inflatable space stations? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigelow_Commercial_Space_Stati...

Or mining asteroids?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_Resources

For my money, either of those is more "visionary" than "a rocket booster that costs somewhat less than previous rocket boosters".

Now granted, they're both a lot less practical, and it's true that making things cheaper is often a crucial first step towards making them better.