Setting aside the megaconstellation frankenstein being created, which never should have been allowed to happen, the first problem to address is tourism.
There is nothing more counterproductive and corrosive to any progress in Human Space Flight than billionaut joy rides. That these oligarchs are subsidized in their obscene spending displays with tax dollars is poison to public support. NASA should curtail any kind of support for these launches, which would effectively end them.
The second problem is the dual purpose systems on the two American LEO taxis, dragon and starliner. The hypergolic escape systems used are inferior to the traditional escape tower, as used on Orion and others, and are more likely to cause a loss of crew than prevent such an event. That NASA allowed these systems is a red flag that the same flawed thinking that led to two shuttle disasters never left the space agency.
The third problem is the elephant in the room NASA refuses to acknowledge. Dosing and debilitation must be addressed with a requirement for a Near Sea Level Radiation One Gravity (NSLR1G) environment for any long duration missions. A massive water shield and tether generated artificial gravity system is the basic requirement and is being ignored.
The NASA Space Solar Power report:
Three problems-
- It is essentially about profitability and not about the environment.
- It ignores any calculations based on industrializing the Moon.
- It acknowledges no bias or influence in regard to industry.
Ice on the Moon 