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Re:Space Elevator by outworlder on Thursday April 20, 2023 @12:18PM (#35642331)
> * The Falcon 9, the first partially reusable spaceship that actually costs less than not re-using anything

We don't really know that. This _appears_ to be the case but the accounting is strange. We would probably get better numbers if the company was publicly traded.

I really like the RocketLab designs.

Where's the funding for Skylon? Some US company with deeper pockets should license the design (the heat exchangers are incredible)

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Re:Space Elevator by nine_k on Thursday April 20, 2023 @01:12PM (#35643066)
"Appears" or not, but their offered prices and especially the cadence of launching stuff to LEO are currently unmatched, AFAICT. They'd run out of money if they did not make profit on most launches
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Re:Space Elevator by outworlder on Thursday April 20, 2023 @04:32PM (#35645866)
Question is, would they make more or less profit by making new rockets versus refurbishing the existing ones? By how much?
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Re:Space Elevator by __pache__ on Saturday April 22, 2023 @05:05AM (#35664641)
Go do some basic research? It's clearly much cheaper, ugh
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