Another reason is that if you send someone up there for roughly a year just to get there
With a working fusion rocket you won't have to coast most of the way, and the journey can be significantly shorter. It's right there in the summary: "from months to just a few weeks". Though I doubt that this company will build an actual fusion rocket motor anytime soon, if ever.
I won't comment on your general critique of the person you were replying to, but where Baochip is concerned I think you're being more than a bit harsh. Me? I'm cautiously optimistic.
Bunnie has a pretty good reputation and knows his way around the industry AFAIK, and he is the driving force behind Baochip.
We'll see what happens.
A sheet of paper is an ink-lined plane. -- Willard Espy, "An Almanac of Words at Play"