> Does anyone have any ideas if Spacex will actually grow the launch market, rather than just dominate. Total global launch numbers per year has been trending

> Does anyone have any ideas if Spacex will actually grow the launch market, rather than just dominate. Total global launch numbers per year has been trending up since mid '00s, when the market was at an all time low. This upward trend predates Spacex and is larger than Spacex. The record number of annual global launches is 120 in 1967. 2018 has had 98 launches so far. There are 172 planned launches for 2019. [0] > Does anyone have any ideas if Spacex will actually grow the launch market, rather than just dominate. What new things become possible with lower cost access to space. Spacex is enabling new space projects in two areas. Having the cheapest launches, and having the largest single launch lift capacity. In the future, before Mars, we can expect to see more enabling from Spacex, such as having the cheapest human launches, and having even more lift capacity. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_spaceflight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_spaceflight