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To: Miami Rebel; All

stock price fluctuations are one thing, but in a war with peers, satellite launch will be critical because satellites are going to be destroyed. and SpaceX is almost the single vendor for the USA

2025 Launch Statistics (Rocket Attempts)
United States: 181 launches (~3,700+ satellites)
China: 93 launches
Russia: 17 launches
Other (India, Europe/Arianespace, Japan, etc.): ~38 launches

SpaceX was 165 out of 181


17 posted on 07/22/2026 11:55:49 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Anschluss now !)
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To: Reverend Wright

shocking that the soviets have sunk so low in the space race ...


19 posted on 07/22/2026 11:57:48 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Reverend Wright

“SpaceX was 165 out of 181”

Over 20 years that might be 3,300 launches.

Space X gets to reuse its hardware, other providers don’t.

The fuel burns would be roughly equal per payload.

So 3,300 launch hardware sets at $30 million each might be $99 billion.

That value assumes China isn’t able to develop reuseable launch vehicles. If China can, the Space X added value would be less than $99 billion.


28 posted on 07/22/2026 12:17:07 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (The data centers might be hunting down guns.)
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