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Re:SpaceX's Valuation Climbs to $25B with New Funding Round by Symmetry on Friday April 13, 2018 @08:41AM (#16829409)
They're planning to discontinue Falcon 9 to free up factory space for BFR production while continue launching with their existing stock of reusable rockets. So there's quite a bit of risk there if BFR ends up getting too delayed.
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Re:SpaceX's Valuation Climbs to $25B with New Funding Round by 282883392 on Friday April 13, 2018 @11:41AM (#16831052)
Can't they just keep making Falcons if they run into delays with BFR?
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Re:SpaceX's Valuation Climbs to $25B with New Funding Round by Symmetry on Friday April 13, 2018 @02:32PM (#16832673)
They could but they'd have to retool the converted factory space back to making Falcons and there would certainly be disruptions.
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Re:SpaceX's Valuation Climbs to $25B with New Funding Round by nickik on Saturday April 14, 2018 @12:01PM (#16837877)
They will not stop producing them until they are sure they can pull of BFR. The CTO has already said that Falcon 9 will be available as long as people ask for them.

By that point where they can no longer produce F9 they plan to have a fleet of Falcon 9 on the books that could continue for quite a while.

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