> we need a breakthrough in space technology
It's called the full-flow staged combustion cycle, supersonic retro-propulsion and reusable heat shields. Three technologies a certain company has shown mastery over.
> and nothing happend after
lack of political will
> we don't have enough resources (apparently) to make earth better
There's enough resources for both
> So who will pay for any of it?
Starlink customers. Anthropic. Any other AI inference customer.
> And how much margin will be left after the other companies caught up to Space-X?
They have had ~25 years. The nearest competitor is the entire nation state of China. The nearest commercial competitor is so far behind it is not even funny. SpaceX is so far ahead that when they announced that they are stopping reservations on their most successful vehicle, the whole market panicked [1]. There is so much demand that competitors are now bumping up prices on rockets that have not even flown yet [2].
[1] https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/analysts-find-looming-...
[2] https://investors.rocketlabcorp.com/news-releases/news-relea...
It's called the full-flow staged combustion cycle, supersonic retro-propulsion and reusable heat shields. Three technologies a certain company has shown mastery over.
> and nothing happend after
lack of political will
> we don't have enough resources (apparently) to make earth better
There's enough resources for both
> So who will pay for any of it?
Starlink customers. Anthropic. Any other AI inference customer.
> And how much margin will be left after the other companies caught up to Space-X?
They have had ~25 years. The nearest competitor is the entire nation state of China. The nearest commercial competitor is so far behind it is not even funny. SpaceX is so far ahead that when they announced that they are stopping reservations on their most successful vehicle, the whole market panicked [1]. There is so much demand that competitors are now bumping up prices on rockets that have not even flown yet [2].
[1] https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/analysts-find-looming-...
[2] https://investors.rocketlabcorp.com/news-releases/news-relea...