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FTR_1077 t1_jdmg3xx wrote

Reply to comment by BrangdonJ in Rocket Lab targets $50 million launch price for Neutron rocket to challenge SpaceX’s Falcon 9 by cnbc_official

>Those rounds were to raise funds for Starship and/or Starlink

We don't know that.. we can speculate though. Isn't it fun?

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SpaceInMyBrain t1_jdn9k2r wrote

>we can speculate though.

We can speculate - but also have to base the speculations on which is more likely. With its vertical integration and the simplified design of F9, SpaceX could build expendable F9s for cheaper than ULA or other competitors - in all likelihood. But they don't so in all likelihood the reuse approach is working for them, giving them even larger profits than being expendable.

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FTR_1077 t1_jdpgee7 wrote

>giving them even larger profits

SpaceX is not profitable. You can't have a larger something that you don't have.

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