On Fri, 23 Feb 2018, Jake Anderson wrote:
The same ecstatic burbling about launching zillions of cheap payloads was heard in the early days of the shuttle. It didn't happen, *NOT* because the launches didn't turn out to be as cheap as expected, but because *launch was not the key problem*. It sure helps if you have cheap launch, yes, but then you've got to reform the *payload* builders, which is, if anything, even more difficult. And it's not something Elon can help with.
You saying if Elon can't find somebody to build swarms of satellites at a price he thinks they should cost he won't just start a swarm satellite company?