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we're a damn sight from losing. space industry is growing, not too late to get in

• echelon 3y ago
  Nobody can compete with SpaceX now without paying an enormous amount. SpaceX is launching with real customers, and it's hard to go from zero to caught up when the competition is so far ahead. You don't fight uphill against a foe that has already won all the government and private contracts.
  • mr_toad 3y ago
    > Nobody can compete with SpaceX now without paying an enormous amount. Well, if by enormous you mean maybe about five billion dollars a year, which isn’t really that much. There are clearly other reasons why nobody is seriously competing with SpaceX.
    • echelon 3y ago
      > There are clearly other reasons why nobody is seriously competing with SpaceX. Such as? Government contracts? A monopoly on aerospace talent? The tremendous lead? Any company trying to catch up will be starting from behind, without customers, and will have to attract talent. All while SpaceX continues to improve their own tech. Is there some other reason?