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You'll never make a great business model like that if you're landing with parachutes.

Spacex might have the control side worked out some years but their capsule is full of fuel you can't expose people to.

I would think the fuel costs even with 100% reusability would make rocket commute prohibitive.



Works okay for these guys, and they attach the parachute to the customer!

http://www.uspa.org/BecomeaSkydiver/ChooseaSchool/tabid/437/...

If BO can demonstrate that the risks of a flight into space are comparable to other hazards we encounter in life (car driving, bungee jumping, heli-skiing, surgery), they're going to have plenty of people (myself included) who want to go.




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