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On Mar 24, 6:59 am, Craig Fink wrote:
No, I define "successful" as moving along their learning curve as fast and as cheaply as possible.... ...I agree with you, it is a failure, a failure to demonstrate the vehicle can make it to Orbit. The demonstration isn't over until it demonstrated. Calling it operational before it's demonstrated would be a very big negative. We apparently are in agreement. (I agree with the rest of your post as well; they are gaining experience and moving rapidly down the learning curve, which, in the long run, is a good thing.) -- Franklin Jefferson ***My blog: Jefferson's Democracy*** http://franklinjefferson.blogspot.com |
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In article k.net,
Craig Fink wrote: capitalist profit models that made PayPal so successful may be of no help when contracting in the fantasy world of regulated profits (6%) in a capital intensive industry (and using his own capital) where the standard is to invest nothing and get payed for everything you do, plus 6%. Remember that it *is* possible to sell services even to the US government on a firm-fixed-price basis. It is difficult, yes, but it has been done. (Whether SpaceX is doing it, I'm not sure.) -- spsystems.net is temporarily off the air; | Henry Spencer mail to henry at zoo.utoronto.ca instead. | |
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In article .net,
Craig Fink wrote: I found it odd when NASA handed out money to SpaceX and Kistler, they said something about experience or was it track record. SpaceX had some, but Kistler had none... For much of its independent life, Kistler was top-heavy with ex-NASA people, although I don't know how many of them made the transition to RpK. -- spsystems.net is temporarily off the air; | Henry Spencer mail to henry at zoo.utoronto.ca instead. | |
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