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SpaceX is still (though I expect their success will create new markets) relatively niche. It's a very high-priced product (though lower than predecessors), but
by davidu 12y ago
SpaceX is still (though I expect their success will create new markets) relatively niche. It's a very high-priced product (though lower than predecessors), but it's not like you and I are sending things into space just yet.
I'm curious why you think the market for Dropbox is larger than the market for Uber?
- dsugarman 12y agoWith reusable rockets and just general privatization of space travel, the whole idea is to make the product more accessible. No one knows how big the market could be.
- gdubs 12y agoIt costs governments incredibly large sums of money to do anything in space, so if they can make it cheaper they stand to make a killing. Space technology has a huge indirect impact on ordinary folks -- from telecommunications to medical research to environmental science, and on, and on...