Space X prepares for its inevitable bankruptcy

[jeriendhal]

Well, that's the usual result when a private company announces the construction of a never before tested or used landing system. But it does make for a very pretty video.

Gacked from james_nicoll

Royce wonders how big a woody this gave Jerry Pournelle.

Comments

[selenite.livejournal.com]

After 4 successful launches (plus a successful return) I'm going to assume they can do the basic math. From my own time at an RLV company it'll come down to "Worth it if we can get X flights." The engineers will have calculated X (pure guess: 50+) and the CEO has to decide if he can get enough customers to justify the up-front investment.