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SpaceX wins $1.6B Space Force contract for 18 Falcon 9 launches

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Re: SpaceX wins $1.6B Space Force contract for 18 Falcon 9 launches

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You understand any non-c-suite employee can also purchase equity if they work for a publicly traded company (like spaceX), right? You're complaining that c-suite are being "forced" to own equity, while regular employees get the choice of doing so or not?

C suite compensation is completely bonkers compared to what they actually do. That is all waste, whether paid out in base, equity, bonus, or whatever other benefit.

So you're worried that the shareholders are paying their employees too much?

Come on now. You're just upset and lashing out without considering things.

Touch grass man. Figure out what you actually want, and support policies that actually achieve it, instead of just going off a knee jerk reaction to people you dislike.

Re: SpaceX wins $1.6B Space Force contract for 18 Falcon 9 launches

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18 launches for $1.6B sounds like a terrible deal for SpaceX. Will they even profit?

Even more significant is the timing, it's 18 launches by the end of 2027. Even before New Glenn and Vulcan broke they couldn't have scheduled a single launch before the end of 2027. Their manifests were full because they were years late.

SpaceX could easily charge more for timeliness. Its way more important than price per kg for a military customer.

Re: SpaceX wins $1.6B Space Force contract for 18 Falcon 9 launches

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It may actually just show a gap in knowledge. I'm sure you've heard of trade secrets before

Not sure how trade secrets are dismissing the point of profit being a cost.

They dismiss them because if you know how something is made and your competitors don't, you always have a market edge. I consider the RD-180 engine from Russia better than Merlins from SpaceX, for example.

You can charge more or make higher margins at the market clearing price.

I thought everyone has done at least one semester of microeconomics at high school level, but the internet challenges my assumption frequently.

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