[AR] Re: relativity abandons small launch vehicle
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:03:51 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023, Bill Bruner wrote:
A Transporter style rack on Starship will threaten the business models
for all of the expendable and partially expendable artillery rockets -
whether they are small, medium or large.
Any launch market big enough to make Starship financially viable -- it's
not yet clear that such a market will appear on command -- will turn
everyone's business models upside-down anyway.
Moreover, even without that, it's increasingly clear that the expendables
and part-expendables are living on borrowed time. (Some of us have
thought that for quite a while, but lately it's become a lot harder to
argue with.)
Henry
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