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Never heard of this company -- SpaceX seems to have sucked the publicity oxygen out of the room. > There’s gonna be a lot of launch vehicles sitting on a pad w
by pstuart 5y ago
Never heard of this company -- SpaceX seems to have sucked the publicity oxygen out of the room.
> There’s gonna be a lot of launch vehicles sitting on a pad waiting for payloads in the next few years.
It wasn't clear if that was because the demand pipeline was "done" or it was a chicken and egg scenario of businesses not having that locked in to develop on, which raises an interesting question of how much business there is for satellites even if launching was cheap and trivial.
- lattalayta 5y agoEveryday Astronaut has some videos about rocket lab [0] and small sat launch demand [1] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcuOSXjevGs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcuOSXjevGs [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Sfw58jApo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Sfw58jApo
- jccooper 5y agoIt's because a large number of new entrants, all started within a similar time window having seen the same market opportunity, are going to start flying soon. While demand for small launch may be growing, payloads are not multiplying at the same rate as launchers. And this is not a surprise; everyone knows there's no way the market supports 100 small launch companies. They just hope to be one of the several who will survive.
- gameswithgo 5y ago
- Taniwha 5y agoYeah, but unlike all those small startups Rocketlabs have been launching for almost 5 years now - 25 launches