[ezfe]

Blue Origin is challenging SpaceX - they are not the incumbent. I'm not sure how you can say that SpaceX will increase dominance despite this.

[nickvec]

One can be the dominant player in a field and still increase dominance.

[ezfe]

The comment I'm replying to is saying that SpaceX will increase dominance despite this explosion which makes no sense.

[d_silin]

SpaceX will increase the lead from all potential competitors even further.

[bigyabai]

It's a static fire test. There weren't any payloads inside, this isn't very bad PR.

[anonymousiam]

Not very bad, except that they lost the whole rocket, and damaged the launch complex. No big deal. What's a few hundred mil and a one year delay...

[0xffff2]

Unless the comment was edited, the person you replied to never said anything about "despite"?

[ezfe]

They didn't say despite, they said "If anything" which reads the same to me:

> If anything, SpaceX will continue to increase its dominance.

[Rover222]

Please look at total mass launched to space by SpaceX vs the rest of the world combined. They are the most incumbent launcher in history.

Unless you're talking about moon landers specifically.

Anyway, competition is good and this is a bummer.

[ezfe]

What are you trying to accomplish with this comment? SpaceX is the incumbent that's what I said...

[testing22321]

Blue Origin are challenging SpaceX about as much as I’m challenging Michael Jordan.

Sure we’re playing the same game, but the divide is enormous

[ezfe]

What are you trying to accomplish with this comment? Did I say that they were on the same level?