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geertjtoday at 1:04 AM4 repliesview on HN

SpaceX reuses its boosters 20+ times. Surely the depreciation is tiny when compared to the revenue of 60M+ per launch?


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darth_avocadotoday at 1:40 AM

The entire space launch market is about $20B with multiple competitors in 2025. And by the most generous estimates it is going to be $80B by 2035. They can reuse the rockets as much as they like, the company isn’t worth $1.7T.

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hooloovoo_zootoday at 1:24 AM

They also have to replace 20%+ of their satellite network every year.

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computerextoday at 1:08 AM

What about the R&D costs of blowing up vehicle after vehicle?

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scuff3dtoday at 2:25 AM

Depreciation isn't the only thing that matters. R&D, manufacturing, maintenance, fuel, launch, support staff, and I'm sure there are countless others.

I'm not saying they aren't profitable. I don't know, but it's definitely not a given.

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