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by slowmovintarget 6 days ago
80% of all mass launched from Earth in 2025 was launched by SpaceX, and 95% of those launches were with reusable systems.

That dwarfs all other launch capabilities on Earth, including all governments. Short and medium term value may be shaky if you evaluate SpaceX as a typical business.

Compute in orbit is "stupid" only to those who don't think it through. Their biggest initial customer for that feature will be Google, and through Google, Apple; two of the highest value tech companies on Earth. Seems like a fascinating flywheel to me.