Post #3796365

2026-07-06 01:29 UTC

All that money figuring out how to make Falcon 9 Reusable, led to them catching super heavy on their first try and being able to reuse it though, so the benefits keep moving forward. That being said, they’re plowing billions into making the whole rocket reuseable this time, so they will have a big hole to dig out of again if they succeed. Falcon 9 launches that contain starlink are also profitable because of starlink.

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@MajorasMaskForever@lemmy.world 2026-07-06 07:46

Carrying forward technical knowledge is definitely a big help. I suspect that’s why Atlas V was able to pay for itself because the booster was so similar to Atlas III which itself was similar to Atlas II. The satellites I work on play this game constantly. Mission A and B both use the same underlying tech that needs to be developed, but mission A is first. So we charge mission A with all of the cost and then mission B looks a lot cheaper on the books

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