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SpaceX is clearly focusing on one problem only: transportation. Because it's the transportation costs is the major roadblock to develop a commercial space indus
by erispoe 10y ago
SpaceX is clearly focusing on one problem only: transportation. Because it's the transportation costs is the major roadblock to develop a commercial space industry beyond LEO.
That's a smart move to foster an ecosystem of companies specializing in other aspects. Once it becomes possible to send people and cargo to Mars for a reasonable price, it starts to make sense to create a company specializing in, say, inflatable habitats.
Bigelow Aerospace [1], doing exactly that, inflatable habitats, could benefit immensely from cheaper transport of cargo to LEO and to Mars.
[1] https://bigelowaerospace.com/ https://bigelowaerospace.com/