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There is Starlink and Amazon’s version, which both need many thousands of launches each (ignoring data centres) There’s US military stuff like the starsheild,
by testing22321 8mo ago
There is Starlink and Amazon’s version, which both need many thousands of launches each (ignoring data centres)
There’s US military stuff like the starsheild, and it seems extremely likely china will follow suit.
Sat internet is changing the world rapidly where fibre can not be run. I saw it first hand in remote Australia, Yukon, Alaska and Africa. Not to mention ships and planes.
These projects are aggressively driving down launch costs, which increases demand for launches, which drives down launch costs which drives up demand.
- luke5441 8mo agoJust as we had the other day: Competition is not market validation https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46961726 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46961726 There is no doubt it is worth a lot in very remote destinations. But by definition there aren't many people there. Thus limited market size. Launches for US military hardware is a market, yes. Other countries are going to want to use/build up their own capabilities, so SpaceX won't have market access. Especially China.
- testing22321 8mo agoThe launch market is already booming. Denying that is denying reality.