[jollybean]

The early Teslas were overpriced for value delivered. They had shorter range, build problems etc..

People wanted to buy them because they were 'buying a dream' - and helping to move the ball forward.

There was a huge amount of 'good faith' in the process by early customers and supporters. Even to this day.

Tesla is an aspirational brand and people are paying an aspirational premium.

Boom will definitely be that as well. Execs will humble brag about their Boom flights, everyone will talk about - it's super exciting, super cool.

The issue I'm pointing to is scale ... will those smaller tranche of buyers be able to support all of the operational overhead of the airline and the ongoing R&D of the company ... is the question.

[herlitzj]

Honestly even if all we get out of this is an affordable low-carbon jet engine I'd call it a win. At the end of the day, Tesla is battery company that makes cars. Maybe Boom should try to be a jet engine company that makes planes.

edit: I say this as someone having little to no real knowledge of the aerospace industry :)