[pixl97]

The point is "AND SO".

Yes, that is how they fund their operations. No one else is giving out billions of dollars to build rockets.

At the same time they are using that money to

1. Create full reusabilty.

2. Drop launch costs 10 to 100 fold.

3. Massively increase payload and launch capability.

Which is the point of this particular thread. The other launch groups have pocketed (hundreds of) billions of dollars and changed almost nothing over the past few decades.