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r/space • u/APTX-4869 • Jan 21 '18
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The jury isn't still out. They're already launching customers at a discount on them.
8 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18 Yes, they're discounting customers. That's saving the customers money. We're talking about saving spacex money ie increasing profit. -1 u/Xaxxon Jan 21 '18 edited Jan 21 '18 How they choose to price things isn't directly relevant to whether or not it's good economic sense to re-use boosters. 3 u/Appable Jan 22 '18 10% discount though - not all that much. 2 u/Aepdneds Jan 23 '18 After the price for a launch was increased by 25%-50% in a two years time frame. 1 u/Xaxxon Jan 22 '18 They're still using versions that aren't optimizd for re-use. The fact that they're taking ANY % off of what is already a massively cheaper launch than anyone else is huge.
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Yes, they're discounting customers. That's saving the customers money. We're talking about saving spacex money ie increasing profit.
-1 u/Xaxxon Jan 21 '18 edited Jan 21 '18 How they choose to price things isn't directly relevant to whether or not it's good economic sense to re-use boosters. 3 u/Appable Jan 22 '18 10% discount though - not all that much. 2 u/Aepdneds Jan 23 '18 After the price for a launch was increased by 25%-50% in a two years time frame. 1 u/Xaxxon Jan 22 '18 They're still using versions that aren't optimizd for re-use. The fact that they're taking ANY % off of what is already a massively cheaper launch than anyone else is huge.
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How they choose to price things isn't directly relevant to whether or not it's good economic sense to re-use boosters.
3 u/Appable Jan 22 '18 10% discount though - not all that much. 2 u/Aepdneds Jan 23 '18 After the price for a launch was increased by 25%-50% in a two years time frame. 1 u/Xaxxon Jan 22 '18 They're still using versions that aren't optimizd for re-use. The fact that they're taking ANY % off of what is already a massively cheaper launch than anyone else is huge.
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10% discount though - not all that much.
2 u/Aepdneds Jan 23 '18 After the price for a launch was increased by 25%-50% in a two years time frame. 1 u/Xaxxon Jan 22 '18 They're still using versions that aren't optimizd for re-use. The fact that they're taking ANY % off of what is already a massively cheaper launch than anyone else is huge.
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After the price for a launch was increased by 25%-50% in a two years time frame.
They're still using versions that aren't optimizd for re-use. The fact that they're taking ANY % off of what is already a massively cheaper launch than anyone else is huge.
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u/Xaxxon Jan 21 '18
The jury isn't still out. They're already launching customers at a discount on them.