Fmr. Harvard Researcher on the Economics of SpaceX
THE SO WHAT
The economics of Starship are still unproven, which means downstream business models that assume cheap, routine heavy lift are speculative, not bankable. If your roadmap leans on Starship-like capabilities, separate what you can execute on Falcon/competitors now from what depends on future launch cost curves.
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