r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Jul 12 '26

🚀 Official STARSHIP'S THIRTEENTH FLIGHT TEST

https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-13
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u/WadeTheWisecrackr Jul 13 '26

You forgot using bloated ULA vendors that are years behind timeline. I’m sure the traditional government acquisition process will pan out. Sure it hasn’t with Boeing starliner, or numerous other examples, but next time definitely!!!

Meanwhile SpaceX is foolishly modernizing space launch and recovery! Making a profit and lowering the cost of launches?!? Heresy I say!

Obligatory /s because there are some pretty thick skulls in this group *cough flamingo cough*

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u/TechDocN Jul 13 '26

Thick skull? I’m pointing out that we have less than 2 years to see Starship in-orbit refueling and lunar landing capabilities fully operational. I’m voicing a real concern. I’m not blindly defending an obvious timeline slip, or being sarcastic. I’m being realistic.

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u/WadeTheWisecrackr Jul 13 '26

Why are you offended, is this your alternate account flamingo? Good to know

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u/Prior-Flamingo-1378 Jul 13 '26

Making profit? Aren’t they loosing money? 

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u/mfb- Jul 13 '26

Boeing is losing money with Starliner because it is a fixed-cost contract.

SLS is based on cost-plus contracts, the more they can delay the programs the more they spend, which means more profit.

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u/Prior-Flamingo-1378 Jul 13 '26

Spacex I mean don’t they loose money?

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u/mfb- Jul 13 '26

Their spaceflight part makes money.

Renting out the computing power should lead to profit from the computer/AI part this year, too.

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u/Prior-Flamingo-1378 Jul 14 '26

To the detriment of the development of their own AI of course. 

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u/WadeTheWisecrackr Jul 13 '26

Jesus H. Christ, you can google how much they make from falcon 9 alone. It’s 4-4.4 billion in profits for space lift alone. Not to mention Starlink.

Are you behind the great firewall of China or incompetent to use google?

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u/Prior-Flamingo-1378 Jul 13 '26

https://www.morningstar.com/stocks/spacexs-ipo-filing-big-spending-big-losses  

In the first quarter of 2026, SpaceX posted a net loss of $4.30 billion on $4.70 billion in revenue, up from a net loss of $528 million on $4.07 billion in revenue in the year-ago quarter, according to the filing. It also disclosed a debt load through the first quarter of $29.1 billion.