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Re:I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of... by justrealist on Friday May 12, 2023 @06:31PM (#35923348)
The other expense is the novel Starship R&D program. It's not "back-office people". You're either very uninformed or just sniping in bad faith.
Re:I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of... by mbesto on Sunday May 14, 2023 @07:12PM (#35942196)
> either very uninformed

And you provided no source and narrowly scoped profitability to singular projects. This is so myopic when it comes to how a business is run.

Re:I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of... by justrealist on Sunday May 14, 2023 @11:14PM (#35943520)
OK, if you want sources, just look at the numbers here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_launch_market_competitio....

SpaceX has the vast majority of the worldwide private launch market. It's the only company with a reusable first-stage booster. The cost-per-KG is 10-20% of the competition.

This isn't me speculating wildly, everyone with even passing familiarity with the industry knows this.

Re:I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of... by mbesto on Monday May 22, 2023 @10:24PM (#36039064)
> This isn't me speculating wildly, everyone with even passing familiarity with the industry knows this.

I never questioned their market dominance, I questioned their overall company profitability. The cost of building a rocket can be easily fudged to create whatever financial picture you want. Not to mention Elon Musk is notorious for doing this. Unless you have access to their financial statements, all of this conjecture.

> The cost-per-KG is 10-20% of the competition.

Uhh might wanna check your source, from Wikipedia: "These varying cost and requirements makes market analysis imprecise."...