i was just thinking if a possible downturn would have any effects on his plans of settling the solar system. (for me as a lowly grunt a downturn always means switching to work with a different industry, but who cares except for me.)

If this launch of Falcon Heavy becomes its last one then it would be so similar to the Buran shuttle.

This is more like a Proton launch. Proton and R7/Soyuz survived the fall of the Soviet Union because they were cheap.

BFR might be more like Buran/Energia.