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SpaceX Is Junk. That’s What the Bond Market Says (archive.ph)
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The bond market’s assessment also jibes with SpaceX’s stock. It’s a profitless, non-dividend-paying, one-person-controlled, empire-building project trading at more than 100 times sales, about 30 times the valuation of the S&P 500 Index. That’s the very definition of a junk stock.

Original link: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-07-02/spacex-is-junk-that-s-what-the-bond-market-says

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[–] MajorasMaskForever@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Carrying forward technical knowledge is definitely a big help. I suspect that's why Atlas V was able to pay for itself because the booster was so similar to Atlas III which itself was similar to Atlas II.

The satellites I work on play this game constantly. Mission A and B both use the same underlying tech that needs to be developed, but mission A is first. So we charge mission A with all of the cost and then mission B looks a lot cheaper on the books