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johnla t1_jdd9jgc wrote
Reply to comment by Mistes in Historic Flatiron Building sells for $190 million at auction by Orener
First thought was it's a steal when you consider that the high level apartments on billionaire's row went for hundred million range.
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Reply to comment by FlatRobots in SpaceX launches 54 upgraded Starlink internet satellites and nails rocket landing at sea in 60th flight of the year by ovirt001
Their satellites provide Internet service which they sell.
johnla t1_j29x0ew wrote
Reply to comment by DifficultyNext7666 in List of Eric Adams Allies Hired to High-Paid Government Posts Keeps Growing by Eurynom0s
A 3rd party? If we have Ranked Choice voting then the whole "You're throwing away your vote" thing goes away and Open Primaries make everything more open to the public.
johnla t1_j28si7p wrote
Reply to comment by DifficultyNext7666 in List of Eric Adams Allies Hired to High-Paid Government Posts Keeps Growing by Eurynom0s
Maybe shit on them both? Why do we have to choose?
johnla t1_j27hf6f wrote
Reply to comment by VinceSamios in SpaceX launches 54 upgraded Starlink internet satellites and nails rocket landing at sea in 60th flight of the year by ovirt001
According Elon and other SpaceX guy, they suggest their cost is in the $10M range. Even if we double it to $20M. They still profit $47M since they charge $67M per launch.
I know there are tons of upfront costs of building those rockets. They’ve reused them so often now that I’m pretty sure they have paid for themselves a couple times over now.
Source for Launch cost: https://www.science.org/content/article/spacex-now-dominates-rocket-flight-bringing-big-benefits-and-risks-nasa
Source for launch price: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/23/spacex-raises-prices-for-launches-and-starlink-due-to-inflation.html
johnla t1_j24ssck wrote
Reply to comment by FlatRobots in SpaceX launches 54 upgraded Starlink internet satellites and nails rocket landing at sea in 60th flight of the year by ovirt001
What are you looking at? They have over 1 million Starlink subscribers. They charge $100/month. That's $100M each month. 2020 article from Forbes said they earn $80M per launch. They're profitable right now. But to your point they spent crazy amounts of money. They're not worried about cashflow right now though.
johnla t1_ir886en wrote
Reply to comment by rachelbluetoo in My thoughts after walking 8.5 miles down Roosevelt Ave and Greenpoint Ave through Queens by iFlunkedChemistry
He could but honestly it’s not that interesting of a walk especially from Cross Bay to Rockaway
johnla t1_je2a60u wrote
Reply to comment by Negative_Gravitas in Fast radio burst linked with gravitational waves for the first time by spsheridan
Yea.... me too.. I totally understood all of that. Why don't you ELI5 for the people who don't understand it. Unlike you and me. HAHA. Because we understand it completely.