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Re:Science upside for Starship by cptaj on Monday November 22, 2021 @01:16PM (#29309743)
The other issue is that a really aggressive price cut hasn't happened yet because SpaceX doesn't have any competitors that can cut prices to match.

Why cut further when you're already the cheapest?

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Re:Science upside for Starship by rbanffy on Monday November 22, 2021 @01:21PM (#29309802)
Because they need demand to pay for the launches.
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Re:Science upside for Starship by Robotbeat on Monday November 22, 2021 @03:26PM (#29311203)
But demand isn’t hyperelastic, is it? If anything, a quick reduction in price would reduce total revenue (and total profit even more) as demand wouldn’t immediately keep up. It takes time for mass demand to respond.
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