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SpaceX definitely intends to increase its profits. It's management just thinks on much longer timescales than almost any other major business on earth.
by postingawayonhn 5y ago
SpaceX definitely intends to increase its profits. It's management just thinks on much longer timescales than almost any other major business on earth.
- X6S1x6Okd1st 5y agoEverything I've read is that spacex is trying to make humanity multi-planetary. That's not obviously profitable.
- TeMPOraL 5y agoTo sustain humanity as multiplanetary, we'll need to bootstrap a whole new economy - possibly two (the new location and in-space). There's a huge potential to make money in the process.
- postingawayonhn 5y agoRight now they sell cargo launches, crew launches to LEO, Starlink subscriptions, and receive development grants/funding from NASA and the US military. In the very long-term SpaceX will likely get to Mars and will get to make a claim for a significant amount of real estate and natural resources. Along the way I'm sure they will come up with many more revenue streams.