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Re:SpaceX, Blue Origin, Dynetics win contracts to land astro... by 101404 on Thursday April 30, 2020 @03:55PM (#23035353)
> Mass production of Starship is essential to their strategy.

Yep, but if a "quickly" built Starship lander makes SpaceX a few billions, so they can invest it into the Mars program, then that may be a good option. For the same reason they are doing the Starlink network.

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Re:SpaceX, Blue Origin, Dynetics win contracts to land astro... by the8472 on Thursday April 30, 2020 @04:32PM (#23035754)
On the other hand if spacex gets massproduction and reusability right then they can provide any number of rides for NASA/the other participants while only paying for fuel costs and pocket the difference.
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