Re:SpaceX Is Raising $500M at a $30.5B Valuation
by JshWright on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @12:00PM
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Electron is roughly equivalent to SpaceX's Falcon 1. Falcon 1 flew its first (and only) commercial flight in 2009. That's ~10 years, by my math...
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Re:SpaceX Is Raising $500M at a $30.5B Valuation
by phkahler on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @12:50PM
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What if electron is already near its final form? That would put them near parity with Falcon 9 in terms of development, but without the proven track record yet. Just saying the goals are different and progress toward them has to be measured based on those goals.
Cessna doesn't compete with Boeing, and it's not clear Electron and SpaceX are playing the same game either.
Re:SpaceX Is Raising $500M at a $30.5B Valuation
by Retric on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @01:28PM
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In that case they are not competitors. Either they are 9+ years behind or they are not even in the same race.
That’s not a bad thing. Boeing for example is also a profitable aerospace company, but they don’t launch to GEO. You basicly pay a near constant rate per lb to orbit and most of the money is from the large side of thing.