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Re:First SpaceX Starlink satellites loaded into Falcon fairing by hef19898 on Sunday May 12, 2019 @11:32AM (#19892496)
Hey, you don't have pitch this thing to me, ok? I. don't have the cash make the smallest imaginable difference in any space-born venture! :-)

I tried to explain my line of thought. You disagree, fine. It is just that when I developed an interest in the financial aspects of the launch business around end of 2018 and early 2019, I wasn't the only one with doubts in that regard. I'm no expert on either aspect, so if there facts out there that proof me wrong just share them. We are all hear to learn, right? Just do me a favour and don't cite reddit, ok?

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Re:First SpaceX Starlink satellites loaded into Falcon fairing by SECProto on Sunday May 12, 2019 @05:31PM (#19894706)
> It is just that when I developed an interest in the financial aspects of the launch business around end of 2018 and early 2019, I wasn't the only one with doubts in that regard. I'm no expert on either aspect, so if there facts out there that proof me wrong just share them.

Here's what the parent comment was getting at:

> SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said Tuesday that the privately held Hawthorne space company is valued at almost $28 billion based on recent funding rounds, and that it is profitable.[1]

[1] https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-shotwell-20180...

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