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>What I love about SpaceX is that they truly take on the start-up approach of fast iteration, in complete opposite to most of their competitors. What has convi

>What I love about SpaceX is that they truly take on the start-up approach of fast iteration, in complete opposite to most of their competitors. What has convinced you that this is optimal, or even "good", in either software or space technology? >This fundamental difference is why SpaceX is slowly coming to dominate the industry. They're making progress in the industry, sure. But dominating it? In what sense is this true?

foxyv 7y ago
They make up over 60% of the launch market now: https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a27290/one-chart-spacex-dominate-rocket-launches/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a27290/one-ch...
nickik 7y ago
> They're making progress in the industry, sure. But dominating it? In what sense is this true? In addition to capturing most of the commercial market that makes sense for them. They are NASA most trusted partner, for both cargo to ISS. They will be the first private company to fly humans into orbit. They are by far the cheapest, and even the rockets that are in development can't really compete against their lineup. They are operating the largest launch vehicle on the planet. They are universally considered to be the global leader in rocket engine design as both their Merlin and Raptor engines break many records and did stuff people thought was not possible. They are in prime position to capture the single most valuable space market, LEO internet. They are clearly the dominant player in the industry, every other player has admired it. Russian are out of commercial launch, Europeans are spending 2.5 billion to develop the Ariane 6 (who already has problems finding missions), ULA is dropping both their Atlas and Delta rocket to have a chance against SpaceX, and they have a very clear strategy to focus only on military and NASA launches.

foxyv 7y ago

They make up over 60% of the launch market now: https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a27290/one-chart-spacex-dominate-rocket-launches/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a27290/one-ch...

nickik 7y ago

> They're making progress in the industry, sure. But dominating it? In what sense is this true? In addition to capturing most of the commercial market that makes sense for them. They are NASA most trusted partner, for both cargo to ISS. They will be the first private company to fly humans into orbit. They are by far the cheapest, and even the rockets that are in development can't really compete against their lineup. They are operating the largest launch vehicle on the planet. They are universally considered to be the global leader in rocket engine design as both their Merlin and Raptor engines break many records and did stuff people thought was not possible. They are in prime position to capture the single most valuable space market, LEO internet. They are clearly the dominant player in the industry, every other player has admired it. Russian are out of commercial launch, Europeans are spending 2.5 billion to develop the Ariane 6 (who already has problems finding missions), ULA is dropping both their Atlas and Delta rocket to have a chance against SpaceX, and they have a very clear strategy to focus only on military and NASA launches.