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Re:Musk shakes up SpaceX in race to make satellite launch wi... by nickik on Thursday November 01, 2018 @06:37AM (#18352568)
Well, making debt is not a problem. Its inevitable. We are talking about a new mass production facility for satellites.

I have also read many people that SpaceX tech is ahead of everybody else in a number of areas. Not to mention that they can launch way cheaper then everybody else.

There were claims that they had propulsion problems and that might be true but we don't really know.

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Re:Musk shakes up SpaceX in race to make satellite launch wi... by shaklee3 on Thursday November 01, 2018 @09:38AM (#18353739)
Where did you read that? The article specifically stated he wants less complicated satellites, and most of their technology is not in-house. SpaceX isn't making space-grade rf equipment with 300 people.
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Re:Musk shakes up SpaceX in race to make satellite launch wi... by nickik on Thursday November 01, 2018 @06:50PM (#18359173)
Not everything technical they do is done at that location. SpaceX has between 6000 and 7000 people. SpaceX already does lots of in-house electronics, for Falcon 9 and of course Dragon.

They have the propulsion system in-house and I think I have also read that they are doing the ground terminals themselves.

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Re:Musk shakes up SpaceX in race to make satellite launch wi... by shaklee3 on Thursday November 01, 2018 @11:14PM (#18360434)
The article was only about spacex satellites, so that was the context of the thread. I mentioned originally that they're not ahead of other companies in the satellite space. They are definitely ahead in the launch category.
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