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Correct me if I’m wrong but if SpaceX ends up in such a monopoly position there wouldn’t be much stopping another company from launching their own global satell
by enraged_camel 9y ago
Correct me if I’m wrong but if SpaceX ends up in such a monopoly position there wouldn’t be much stopping another company from launching their own global satellite internet service. Even though SpaceX owns the delivery mechanism they couldn’t legally deny other companies wanting to use it at a fair price. If they do they would be sued immediately.
- DavidSJ 9y agoI think if other companies want to launch thousands of satellites on SpaceX rockets, then SpaceX shareholders would be okay with that too.
- nickik 9y agoThere are already other companies doing the same thing, mostly OneWeb. SpaceX absolutely could deny selling rockets to anybody as rocket launch is not a monopoly. OneWeb has contracts with ISS, Arianespace, RocketLab, BlueOrigin and so on. Non with SpaceX. I don't know if that is because SpaceX denied them, or if they just don't want to work with them.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago> I don't know if that is because SpaceX denied them, or if they just don't want to work with them. Probably didn't ever ask, since they're a direct competitor. I can imagine how this conversation would go: OneWeb: oh, by the way, can we buy launches on your rockets for our satellite Internet thing? <Both sides laughing> SpaceX: no.
- greglindahl 9y agoActually Oneweb and SpaceX did talk about working together a while ago, and you can see what happened: SpaceX ended up deciding to start a competing project.