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Re:ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket passed a major full-scale rehea... by palemoonale on Friday November 24, 2023 @04:50AM (#38402188)
So SpaceX is in the blacks? Last time i checked they still lose money and rely on gov subsidies / contracts... Ofc, then it is easy to say a corp is cost-competetive.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2023/08/27/despite-rare-profi...

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Re:ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket passed a major full-scale rehea... by dash2 on Friday November 24, 2023 @04:55AM (#38402219)
Cost-competitiveness isn't about your total profit, or about whether your customers include governments. It's about how much it costs to launch a rocket.
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Re:ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket passed a major full-scale rehea... by pelorat on Friday November 24, 2023 @05:17AM (#38402358)
They are spending money to make more money later.
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Re:ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket passed a major full-scale rehea... by mcpackieh on Friday November 24, 2023 @09:20AM (#38404204)
> subsidies

e.g. the government giving them free money just so they can continue to exist? SpaceX does not survive on subsidies.

> contracts

Doing work in exchange for money? Yes, that's how SpaceX survives. That's the way any rocket company is supposed to survive, yet you're construing this as somehow a bad thing. Seems like a sad case of EDS.

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