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> "SpaceX does not really need Starship, that is more or less a bonus at this point." Starship is the moat SpaceX needs to be developing today to stay ahead of
by perihelions 1y ago
> "SpaceX does not really need Starship, that is more or less a bonus at this point."
Starship is the moat SpaceX needs to be developing today to stay ahead of where the Chinese competition will be in 5-10 years.
- skatingaway 1y agoMoats are for direct competition. China is not a competitor to spacex because the US government is spacex’s largest subsidy/customer. Put another way: nasa won’t be using Chinese rockets. Unless they bribe trump. Which could happen.
- marcus_holmes 1y agoNASA ended up using Russian rockets because the Space Shuttle program got politically awkward. There is definitely a world where they'd use Chinese rockets.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> China is not a competitor to spacex because the US government is spacex’s largest subsidy/customer SpaceX has loads of international launch and connectivity customers. China undercutting SpaceX would significantly compromise its prospects.