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BFR is arguably the biggest risk SpaceX has ever taken.
by VVyattPrentice 8y ago
BFR is arguably the biggest risk SpaceX has ever taken.
- xiphias 8y agoI'm not sure you're familiar with the history of SpaceX :) It's the first time the experiment can fail without consequence and the team can just move on to the next experiment
- azernik 8y agoEven if that doesn't pan out, SpaceX has a profitable business on its hands.
- Symmetry 8y agoThey're planning to discontinue Falcon 9 to free up factory space for BFR production while continue launching with their existing stock of reusable rockets. So there's quite a bit of risk there if BFR ends up getting too delayed.
- 282883392 8y agoCan't they just keep making Falcons if they run into delays with BFR?
- Symmetry 8y agoThey could but they'd have to retool the converted factory space back to making Falcons and there would certainly be disruptions.
- nickik 8y agoThey will not stop producing them until they are sure they can pull of BFR. The CTO has already said that Falcon 9 will be available as long as people ask for them. By that point where they can no longer produce F9 they plan to have a fleet of Falcon 9 on the books that could continue for quite a while.
- varjag 8y agoIn absolute figures, perhaps. Relatively, Falcon One was by far the biggest risk.