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There is a counter argument, if you continually shift your focus you will never allow your products to get to the point where they're really making money. Reusa
by zackbloom 8y ago
There is a counter argument, if you continually shift your focus you will never allow your products to get to the point where they're really making money. Reusable stage two might be a year away, BFR five. That's four years of lost revenue.
- coryrc 8y agoThey're already making money; reusable second stage would only increase profit a little.
- Empact 8y agoThankfully, Falcon 9 is already making money. Reusing stage 2 is an optimization that represents an allocation of capital - capital should generally go to the highest-expected-return uses.
- eloff 8y agoWeighed against the investment to get a reusable second stage. It may still be logical.