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[Stephen Clark] Here are the reasons SpaceX won nearly all recent military launch contracts (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 months ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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[–] jia_tan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Don’t need to read it. It’s because SpaceX has the cheapest, most reliable and available rocket in the world isn’t it?

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

SpaceX also has the ability to launch from the west coast. ULA lost a couple of launches this year because their west coast pad is not ready yet.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They do explode reliably.

[–] jia_tan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Falcon 9 Block 5 exploded only like 1 time (if we don’t count the expendable launches)