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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights by refurb on Friday January 04, 2019 @07:57PM (#18829155)
SpaceX retrofitted used rockets. That’s a big distinction from building new aircraft from scratch.
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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights by jordanthoms on Friday January 04, 2019 @08:41PM (#18829346)
Um... what? The Falcon 1 and 9 were built from scratch, at least as much as anything is. They developed their own rocket engines and most of the components as usual aerospace components were too expensive to hit the price they were targeting.

Boom is certainly an extremely risky startup (as was SpaceX)... but isn't that what venture capital is for?

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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights by colordrops on Friday January 04, 2019 @10:14PM (#18829668)
You might be thinking of Orbital, which uses retrofitted cores, or ULA, which uses Russian engines.
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