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[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago

Are you saying SpaceX is selling launches at a loss? I don't think musk is paying for SpaceX launches with Tesla money.

[-] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 2 years ago

Not necessarily, although I wouldn't be too surprised, scientific endeavors tend to operate at a loss. I'm just saying that Musk's funding gave SpaceX a jumpstart on the competition. Someone like NASA isn't going to be able to keep up when their budget is consistently getting cut and Musk is rolling around in more money than anyone could ever spend.

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

So then if you want to move that goalpost again at least move it to a comparison that makes sense. SpaceX and Blue Origin are both Billionaire funded launch providers. Even though SpaceX now operates from their launch sales.

Meanwhile, Blue Origin has a complete lack of real world launch vehicles to send viable payloads. The best they've shown is a handful of tourism rides on New Shepard. And massive delays on the new engines for New Glenn and other rockets, which are finally starting to be delivered to customers massively delayed, but still no New Glenn rocket anywhere near being launched.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Meanwhile, Blue Origin has a complete lack of real world launch vehicles to send viable payloads.

Do they really need to? Vulcan seems like it will be a fine rocket. And the vulcan engine is the same as new glenn engine

Edit: Okay well it seems New Glenn is planned to be a lot more powerful, containing 7 BE-4's rather than 2 for Vulcan.

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