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>>9154409
Nice damage control.

> a strawmen army
> being offended for a company
Right.
The initial argument wasn't about how SpaceX is "bad". They are perfectly capable of being competitive and iterating fast on the shoulders of giants (expendable Falcon 9 is an intentionally conservative launch vehicle series, after all). The argument was about how their main idea (or rather ideology) of VTVL reusability being economic still doesn't hold up in 2017, as a matter of fact. They still charge a bit less for a flight, and more per kg. Whether their promise will hold true is unknown yet, it's still to be seen.