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It’s physically impossible for SpaceX to have a monopoly on space.
by selectodude 2y ago
It’s physically impossible for SpaceX to have a monopoly on space.
- jmward01 2y agoThat argument doesn't hold for basically any industry on the planet. Early access often, by design, leads to lock-in in critical areas. SpaceX has a massive advantage (rightfully deserved) in an industry which takes massive effort to break into. It isn't hard for them to out compete any competitor into oblivion making it very hard for realistic alternatives to space. Do you know how much they took to orbit last year compared to everyone else? It is easily possible that it will be SpaceX and a few government providers and nobody else for a long while.
- selectodude 2y agoNASA and the federal government would trip all over themselves to hand a reasonable competitor huge amounts of money as a second source of launches. The fact that the second source doesn’t exist isn’t because SpaceX has some natural monopoly on space.
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- beeflet 2y agotell that to the east india company
- JacobThreeThree 2y agoA company that never went to space once?
- imtringued 2y agoThe mechanism by which the monopoly is enforced is irrelevant. For all we know Elon Musk and Donald Trump are working closely together.