I've long had similar thoughts so thank you for putting this article together. Launch costs will make or break companies (Oneweb / ULA Ariane).
It's borderline fraudulent that Amazon public shareholders are subsidizing Bezo's private venture and there hasn't been more backlash. Blue Origin is years behind in development and without steady launch cycle and partner basically is DOA. They get that in Kuiper. Amazon shareholders get to pour billions into an un-competitive system to bail out their chairman's other project and will likely not see a return on their investment.
I've long had similar thoughts so thank you for putting this article together. Launch costs will make or break companies (Oneweb / ULA Ariane).
It's borderline fraudulent that Amazon public shareholders are subsidizing Bezo's private venture and there hasn't been more backlash. Blue Origin is years behind in development and without steady launch cycle and partner basically is DOA. They get that in Kuiper. Amazon shareholders get to pour billions into an un-competitive system to bail out their chairman's other project and will likely not see a return on their investment.