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It would not be safe to allow SpaceX to become a monopoly because their
tech has revolutionized and dropped proces to a point where nobody else
can compete.


How do you propose to prevent that?

You don't. You let the market sort it out. SpaceX has proven that
reuse is not only possible but economical so others will no doubt
follow. It just won't be the typical government contractors like ULA or
Orbital ATK who are so set in their ways they simply can't attempt
something so "out of the box". It's just not in their corporate DNA
anymore to truly innovate.

IMHO, Blue Origin has the most likely shot at recreating a similar level
of reuse with their New Glenn launch vehicle. Blue Origin also likely
doesn't give a damn about paying off their development costs given that
Jeff Bezos is the one giving them $1 billion a year in funding just by
selling a tiny bit of his Amazon stock each year.

Jeff
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