SpaceX is already getting into the satellite business (and one can argue
that Dragon was already a step in that direction). More importantly, they
wouldn't just be building the satellites, they'd be operating them. I hope
there are other variations on the theme that other launch providers can
follow suit with. I think we're better off with more than one healthy
launch provider, but that's going to require new markets and a fair deal of
cleverness.
Jon
On Sep 16, 2015 11:53 PM, "George Herbert" <george.herbert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
One might do well to consider the conditions in aircraft/airlines and
spacelaunch/commercial profit breakdowns.
Airlines and airframers being apart was not the natural way of things.
Next time Loral is supercheap, Elon may take a bite...
George William Herbert
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On Sep 16, 2015, at 9:16 PM, David Weinshenker <daze39@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
Bill Claybaugh wrote:
Why assume evil when nature is a sufficient explanation?
Airlines are both commodity businesses--they have no pricing
power--and service businesses--they have inherently high
costs--so they naturally, through competition, fall to no
profit pricing. Space transportation is no different.
So what you're saying is that transportation (space, air, or
otherwise) - as a business - is a relatively pure example of
the sort of "flat and crowded" market in which "racing to the
bottom" may be expected as an emergent behavior?
-dave w
