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dopa42365yesterday at 3:44 PM3 repliesview on HN

Or $150 billion SpaceX? Internet constellations may be mildly profitable, but beyond that, most things are an endless money pit without clear path towards profit anytime soon. Like, no one is going to spend a trillion on a moon base (or exponentially more for mars) without plans to somehow recover all that money.


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jamiequintyesterday at 8:11 PM

"Internet constellations may be mildly profitable"

It's insanely profitable they did $7.2bn in EBITDA on $11.4bn in revenue in 2025.

elifyesterday at 5:30 PM

The US government is the one who routinely spends trillions with no plans to recover money.

And SpaceX has become their favorite place to put money over the last 5 years.

cineticdaffodilyesterday at 4:45 PM

Moon is taxfree zone?