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Maybe they don't need to launch as cheaply. SpaceX wasn't the first to the idea. There are other players and these companies didn't have their own rockets. The
by gexla 6y ago
Maybe they don't need to launch as cheaply. SpaceX wasn't the first to the idea. There are other players and these companies didn't have their own rockets. The numbers must be good enough to work even with pre-SpaceX launch costs.
- verdverm 6y agoElon said that the satellites are now cheaper to build than the cost to get them to orbit, and that they need starship to make it financially viable, iirc. He says this during a keynote with the US Air Force about 4 months ago. He also says a ton of other interesting things as well.