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There's only one company with that capability and that's the only organization in the world ever to achieve first stage (and soon all stage) reusability for LEO
by bboygravity 4y ago
There's only one company with that capability and that's the only organization in the world ever to achieve first stage (and soon all stage) reusability for LEO launches.
Because to achieve that you need to put a lot of stuff in orbit and the only way to affordably do that is cheap (reusable) launches.
- ethanbond 4y agoI don't believe that's true. There are quite a few companies with tons of satellites in space. Walmart put up an array in 1987.
- sgt101 4y agoThe technical change is that you can build very useful, very small sats, which are cheap. Current SpaceX launch costs are lower, but like 1/2 price and 2x is not a big premium for a national security need.
- georgeg23 4y ago10x cost for Falcon 9 (actual internal cost) and 100x less for Starship when available..