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I kind of agree. But I wonder whether an effective market can really exist for such a specialised service, with so few customers and even fewer suppliers (Space
by andyjohnson0 11y ago
I kind of agree. But I wonder whether an effective market can really exist for such a specialised service, with so few customers and even fewer suppliers (SpaceX, ULA, Arianespace ...)?
- richmarr 11y agoYou could argue over the definition of 'effective' in this case but I don't think it'd be a matter of whether the market was big enough. Plenty of companies and countries want payloads delivered and there is choice of suppliers (again we could argue about how much choice is 'true' choice). My guess is the market friction is political. ISRO (the Indian space agency) has been cheaper than ULA for years, but my suspicion is that the USA wouldn't consider using them for political reasons.