Saturday, May 07, 2011

For and Against SpaceX

Only time will tell, but there is a lot of discussion on SpaceX and their future.

From Florida Today:


Elon Musk Counters Naysayers On Launch Costs: "
SpaceX Founder Elon Musk released a treatise today that took to task all the naysayers that are skeptical of the company's bargain-basement prices for launching payloads into space.

'Whenever someone proposes to do something that has never been done before, there will always be skeptics,' Musk said in a weblog posted at the company's Internet site.

And ever since the company launched its Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft last December, Musk said there has been a stream of misinformation about the prices SpaceX is quoting to potential customers and whether or not they are realistic.

'I recognize that our prices shatter the historical cost models of government-led developments, but these prices are not arbitrary, premised on capturing a dominant share of the market, or 'teaser' rates meant to lure in an eager market only to be increased later,' Musk wrote. 'These prices are based on known costs and a demonstrated track record, and they exemplify the potential of America's commercial space industry.'
...and check out this article from Parabolic Arc about naysayers.



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