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posted by Fnord666 on Monday April 13 2020, @04:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the cheaper-by-the-dozen dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

The head of Russia's space agency on Saturday accused Elon Musk's SpaceX of predatory pricing for space launches, which is pushing Russia to cut its own prices. "Instead of honest competition on the market for space launches, they are lobbying for sanctions against us and use price dumping with impunity," Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter.

Rogozin, who is often outspoken on Twitter and previously engaged in online banter with Elon Musk, on Friday raised the issue during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

He said the Roscosmos space agency "is working to lower prices by more than 30 percent on launch services to increase our share on the international markets." "This is our answer to dumping by American companies financed by the US budget," he said. The market price of a SpaceX launch is $60 million, but NASA pays up to four times that amount, he said.

Musk responded to the criticism Saturday by saying on Twitter: "SpaceX rockets are 80% reusable, theirs are 0%. This is the actual problem."


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  • (Score: 2) by legont on Monday April 13 2020, @10:44PM (2 children)

    by legont (4179) on Monday April 13 2020, @10:44PM (#982273)

    I highly recommend this book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Plan_of_the_English_Commerce [wikipedia.org] on the subject.

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by khallow on Tuesday April 14 2020, @12:14PM (1 child)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 14 2020, @12:14PM (#982538) Journal
    I see the publish date is 1728. Something might have happened in the three centuries since.
    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by legont on Wednesday April 15 2020, @02:01AM

      by legont (4179) on Wednesday April 15 2020, @02:01AM (#982884)

      One might want to know how England became the leader because China is about to do exactly the same. In fact China is probably doing it already.

      Hint: England inserted trade knife into Amsterdam while the old masters were busy fighting Spain. It did Dutch for good. Specifically, they Brits stopped all the trading in the most difficult moment and strangled them.

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      "Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.