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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by devoutsalsa on Saturday July 09, 2022 @01:57AM (#32032242)
Having to spend $15B as the cost for making an impulsive decision (when you can afford it) is a first world problem.
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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by hef19898 on Saturday July 09, 2022 @04:05AM (#32032970)
Tesla and SpaceX success is depending on the public opinion of Musk. If he ends up paying 15 billion (or whatever the number is) over a botched take over, one that had a negative impact on Tesla shares, this opinion might just change. In which case Teslas future preception as a tech company might be at risk.
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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by sekai on Saturday July 09, 2022 @04:42AM (#32033147)
> Tesla and SpaceX success is depending on the public opinion of Musk

No it does not, SpaceX results speak for themselves, they have no competition. Same with Tesla, just check their vehicles sold charts.

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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by hef19898 on Saturday July 09, 2022 @05:09AM (#32033269)
SpaceX competition: Arianne space and a bunch of upstarts, plus every other commercial launch service excluding the Russians at the moment.

Tesla's competition: every other car marker.

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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by diebeforei485 on Saturday July 09, 2022 @05:59AM (#32033515)
The other space companies don't have the cost structure advantages of reusability.
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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by hef19898 on Saturday July 09, 2022 @06:23AM (#32033627)
An advantage that we cannot be sure exists to begin with since SpaceX isn't piblishing financials. And for some launches Arianne Space is already now competitive using the Arianne 5, by all means an out dated design, one that was initially intended to carry a European space shuttle into space.

More generally so, I have no idea why people expect any company to own a market completely. Any market is usually big enough for one than one company to be successful.

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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by tigershark on Saturday July 09, 2022 @06:19AM (#32033611)
Spacex has literally no competition. No one else has reusable rockets and starship will soon be a rapid reusable heavy launch vehicle.
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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by rtkwe on Saturday July 09, 2022 @07:05PM (#32040166)
SpaceX's product isn't reusable launches it's just launches, the reusability is their competitive advantage. There's a lot of other launch providers out there.
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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by ies7 on Saturday July 09, 2022 @06:53AM (#32033799)
Just pray that the cost isn't 10 times normal one and can only be used 9 times.
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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by tgsovlerkhgsel on Saturday July 09, 2022 @09:17AM (#32034792)
It might also be the kind of wake-up call that gets him to be less impulsive.
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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by Ekaros on Saturday July 09, 2022 @03:20AM (#32032693)
When does a decisions stop being impulsive? Probably at point when enough lawyers are hired to write a contract...
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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by devoutsalsa on Saturday July 09, 2022 @04:34AM (#32033121)
It probably depends on how much you need to think about it. If you have a minion to whom you can say "I'd like to buy Twitter, go figure it out, then let me know where to sign", there's a lot of room for being impulsive.
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Re:Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement by tommoor on Saturday July 09, 2022 @11:18AM (#32035833)
It's also a world first problem
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