These articles never covers the issues that really matter!

McDonnell Douglas DC-X and stuff like that never really did payload. Plus sending scuba teams to retrieve components followed by massive refurbs are not what I consider truly reusable at least in the 747 analogy Musk keeps making. But I am willing to say all I do is read about this stuff and not work in that industry so I could just be misinformed.

Yes, because something may go wrong in another approach the status quo is always better. Plus rocket reuse has not happened yet. No judgements until we try.

People have be fighting over algebra for centuries, it's old we get it. What have you done for me lately!

It wasn't cancelled, it ran a good course and the cardassians appeared in many spin-offs.