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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
I just remembered that part of the motivation for developing Starlink was that SpaceX needed customers.
"But the reverse is also true: SpaceX’s reusability quest depends on Starlink. The company’s ability demonstrate rapid reuse of boosters requires a demand for launches of them that has come primarily from Starlink. Last year, when SpaceX performed 96 Falcon launches, 63 of them were devoted to Starlink. "
Which is cute, but perhaps circular?