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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday June 10 2019, @09:08PM (2 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 10 2019, @09:08PM (#853870) Journal

    SpaceX (hopefully, eventually) will launch a manned mission using reusable engines -- but new, not reused, on the manned launch.

    I tend to believe that SpaceX has shown or is close to showing the economics of re-use. The cheap launch prices. But then, we really don't know if they are making money.

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday July 02 2019, @03:45PM (1 child)

    by VLM (445) on Tuesday July 02 2019, @03:45PM (#862420)

    But then, we really don't know if they are making money.

    EBIDTA is, AFAIK, positive for those guys, but EBIDTA + "extravagant Research and Development expenses" is always negative for those guys, and the financial markets just keep tossing money at them, so they'll keep doing it.

    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday July 02 2019, @04:35PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 02 2019, @04:35PM (#862445) Journal

      They must think it a worthwhile investment.

      Maybe a new accounting abbreviation for the extravagant research should be created.

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