6 ms·
SpaceX is the commercialisation of space exploration and that's just how valuation works in commercial applications. It is, however, remiss to value to science
by aleem 12y ago
SpaceX is the commercialisation of space exploration and that's just how valuation works in commercial applications. It is, however, remiss to value to science and progress in dollar terms. TCP/IP is far more valuable than all of the Internet companies combined but not in dollar terms.
- dingaling 12y agoSpace transport has always been commercial. Who do you think designed and built the Saturn V? Redstone? Atlas? Ariane? Commercial companies making a profit.
- termain 12y agoRoughly: Redstone: Designer: Army Ballistic Missile Agency (Now Marshall Spaceflight Center) Manufacturer: Chrysler Atlas: Convair and its successor interests (General Dynamics, Lockheed, ULA) Saturn V: NASA Marshall, Boeing, North American and Douglas Ariane: EADS Astrium and Arianespace/CNES (French Space Agency) So, yeah, they've always been commercial, but they haven't always been commerically driven or (entirely) commercially managed.