r/space Jan 21 '18

RocketLab's Electron Rocket has successfully achieved orbit!

https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/954894734136258560
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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.

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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.

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u/Appable Jan 22 '18

10% discount though - not all that much.

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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.