The Scale of Capital: Amazon vs. SpaceX
Amazon is now generating more free cash flow in a single quarter than the total capital SpaceX raised during the past 30 funding rounds.
Amazon is now generating more free cash flow in a single quarter than the total capital SpaceX raised during the past 30 funding rounds.
The International Space Station cost $150B (inflation adj.) to build, whereas a commercial space station is expected to cost between $2B and $5B.
Over the past decade, the number of active satellites has increased by an order of magnitude.
The Israel-Iran conflict has extended to space with exo-atmospheric interceptors, satellites providing critical comms, and remote sensing spacecraft beaming down images for intelligence gathering.
Florida’s Space Coast continues to dominate US launches, but Vandenberg is the fastest-growing launch site.
SpaceX launched 16 Falcon missions in May, tying a monthly record for the workhorse rocket.
After several years of decline, Airbus’s space systems division revenue is back to growth.
The funding still has a long way to go before it becomes law, and may get whittled down—but dang that’s a whole lot of golden dough.