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> Starlink, which is already in black It doesn’t make sense to claim “Starlink is profitable” if the underlying rockets still lose money and you don’t account
by codeflo 2y ago
> Starlink, which is already in black
It doesn’t make sense to claim “Starlink is profitable” if the underlying rockets still lose money and you don’t account for that in the claim.
> they'll have to invent something which needs a lot of super-heavy launcher flights
Losing money with your expensive solution? Easy, just invent a profitable problem.
- wmf 2y agoIf Falcon 9 was a company it would probably be profitable and Starlink could probably pay Falcon a fair price and still be profitable. Obviously SpaceX is not profitable overall because they are investing tons in Starship.