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NOV 22, 2021 12:56 PM
Cathbadhian wrote:
flerchin wrote:
Congrats Astra. Y'all beat Bezos to the club.BO's perpetual planning has really left them in a terrible place right now. Reputationally, the accumulation of lost contracts, scheduling delays, competitor successes, and rocket delivery complaints (unofficial, of course), don't add up to a company you want to throw cash at.
Well done, Astra.
Now, there could be a question of if BO (and ULA) can reach orbit before one of the small launch companies scale up like SpaceX did. It almost seems like there should be an equation where time to reach orbit is some function of funding, development time, and number of blown up rockets. Surprisingly, too much funding and not enough blown up rockets seems to greatly increase development time, perhaps exponentially.