On Wed, 02 Mar 2022 08:51:05 -0500, Dorn Hetzel said: > Yeah, if Russia needs one 1st stage booster for every bird they kill, and > SpaceX needs one 1st stage booster for every 50 they put up.... Yes, > Russia is bigger than SpaceX, but that's a tremendous ratio.
Plus the asymmetry is even worse than that.... Elon can use that *same* first stage booster to launch *another* 50 next week, while the Russians need to get a *new* booster for shooting down the next bird. That's the *real* game changer in what SpaceX is doing....
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